HC Deb 29 April 1993 vol 223 c505W
Mr. Haselhurst

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 21 April,Official Report, column 109, what contract award procedures applied in the case of the short-listing for the police national network.

Mr. Charles Wardle

The procurement of the police national network follows the negotiated procedures set out in article 11(2) (c) of the EC services directive, which comes into force on 1 July.