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  Defence Reform Bill - Clause 49 - Report 12 Weeks In Advance of Consideration of Laws Enabling A Company To Provide Defence Procurement Services
  
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  @ MP voted aye to require a report on the options for carrying out defence procurement to be published twelve weeks prior to the submission to parliament of any proposals for a company to provide defence procurement services to the Ministry of Defence, rather than just requiring the report at the same time as the submission.
  @ MP voted no against requiring a report on the options for carrying out defence procurement to be published twelve weeks prior to the submission to parliament of any proposals for a company to provide defence procurement services to the Ministry of Defence, instead just requiring the report at the same time as the submission.
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted against requiring a report on the options for carrying out defence procurement to be published twelve weeks prior to the submission to parliament of any proposals for a company to provide defence procurement services to the Ministry of Defence, instead just requiring the report at the same time as the submission.
  
  
  
  MPs were considering the Defence Reform Bill[1]
  
  The motion rejected in this vote was:
  
  :Amendment (a) proposed to Lords amendment 7.
  
  The Amendment (a) concerned stated[2]:
  
  :Line  6,  after â(2B)â, insert âAt least 12 weeksâ. 
  
  The amendment 7 which was being amended[3] stated:
  
  
  :Page 31, line 35, at end insertâ
  :â(2A) No statutory instrument containing an order under subsection (1) in respect of Part 1 (with or without provision under subsection (4)) is to be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.
  :(2B) Before a draft is laid before Parliament in accordance with subsection (2A),the Secretary of State mustâ
  :(a) prepare and lay before Parliament a report on the options for carrying out defence procurement, and
  :(b) publish the report.
  :(2C) A report on the options for carrying out defence procurement is a reportaboutâ
  :(a) the arrangements of a kind mentioned in section 1 that the Secretaryof State proposes to make following the coming into force of thatsection, and
  :(b) any other options for carrying out defence procurement that theSecretary of State has considered as an alternative to thoseproposed arrangements.
  :(2D) The report must includeâ
  :(a) an assessment of the impact of the proposed arrangements and theother options, and
  :(b) any other information the Secretary of State considers appropriatefor the purpose of enabling a proper comparison to be madebetween the proposed arrangements and the other options.
  :(2E) The report must deal with at least one other option under subsection(2C)(b), namely the carrying out of defence procurement by the Secretaryof State in the way it is carried out at the time of the report.(2F) In subsections (2B) to (2E) âdefence procurementâ has the meaning givenby section 1(8).â
  
  The amendment would have required a report on the options for carrying out defence procurement to be published twelve weeks before putting proposals for enabling a company to provide defence procurement services to Parliament for consideration, whereas previously the report was only required "before" the submission of proposals to parliament. Currently part of the MoD, the Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) organisation provides the procurement services which the Bill enables, subject to secondary legislation, to be provided via a company. 
  
  
  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2013-14/defencereform.html Parliament's webapage on the Defence Reform Bill]
  * [2] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2013-2014/0197/amend/pbc1972904m.1905-1906.html Amendment sheet containing the amendment to the Lords amendment for consideration on the 29th of April 2014]
  * [3] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2013-2014/0197/14197.1-4.html Lords Amendments to the Defence Reform Bill - 3 April 2014]
  * [4] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/lbill/2013-2014/0060/lbill_2013-20140060_en_5.htm#pt4-l1g49 Clause 49 of the Bill, to which the amendments would take effect]
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