Question follow-through · 902344
Government Departments: Procurement
What steps he is taking to ensure that Government procurement practices help to promote ethical supply chains.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 16 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 24 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jan 2025
Question tabled
What steps he is taking to ensure that Government procurement practices help to promote ethical supply chains.
23 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Government expects the highest standards of conduct throughout public sector supply chains.The Procurement Act will strengthen the grounds on which unethical suppliers can be excluded and introduce a new debarment list.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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