§ Ms LawrenceTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he will respond to the reviews undertaken by Sir Malcolm Bates and Peter Gershon, examining, respectively, the conduct of the Private Finance Initiative and Civil Procurement; and if he will make a statement. [93099]
§ Mr. MilburnI am today placing in the Library of the House copies of Sir Malcolm Bates' Report and Peter Gershon's Report. We have accepted in full all the recommendations and our plans for taking forward these are set out in a document "Modern Government, Modern Procurement" which has also been placed in the Library.