HC Deb 14 April 1993 vol 222 c536W
Mr. Haselhurst

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer by what procedures contract award procedures applied by Government Departments already implementing Council directive 92/50/EEC may be reviewed and challenged.

Mr. Portillo

Government Departments and other public bodies have no obligation to comply with directive 92/50/EEC until it comes into force on 1 July 1993 and equally until then there will be no procedures under which their decisions can be challenged and reviewed.