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  Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill - Clause 37 - Regulations about Procurement
  
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  MPs were considering the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill[1]. The motion rejected in this vote by the majority of MPs was:
  
  :That the amendment be made.
  
  The amendment in question stated:
  
  :Amendment: 1, page 35, line 16, at end insertâ
  :â() duties relating to the provision of apprenticeships and training opportunities as a result of procurement;
  :() duties to publish reports about the amount of expenditure undertaken by the relevant procurement function in relation toâ
  :(i) amount and proportion of expenditure undertaken by small and medium-sized enterprises,
  :(ii) amount and proportion of expenditure undertaken in the local area.â
  
  Had it not been rejected this amendment would added the above text Clause 37 of the Bill[3] relating to public sector procurement titled ''Regulations about procurement''. The above text would have been added to sub-clause 5 which listed the duties which regulations under the Act could impose. 
  
  The "contracting authorities" to which the regulations would apply are those listed in [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/3/made Regulation 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006] and cover many public bodies including government departments, local councils, and many more. 
  
  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2014-15/smallbusinessenterpriseandemployment.html Parliament's webpage on the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill] 
  * [2] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2014-11-18b.195.0#g195.1 Official Record, House of Commons, 18 November 2014]
  * [3] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2014-2015/0117/cbill_2014-20150117_en_5.htm#pt3-l1g37 Clause 37 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill as at the time of the vote]
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