HC Deb 30 November 1987 vol 123 c428W
46. Ms. Clare Short

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make it his policy to encourage nationalised industries to give preference to British companies in their procurement policies.

Mr. David Mitchell

The individual nationalised industries have management responsibility for their purchasing decisions. But their attention has been drawn to the importance the Government attaches to securing value for money in making procurement decisions.