APPENDIX 4: SEMINAR HELD AT THE HOUSE
OF LORDS
14 December 2010
Members of the Committee present were Lord Broers,
Lord Crickhowell, Lord Cunningham of Felling , Baroness Hilton
of Eggardon, Lord Krebs (Chairman), Baroness Neuberger , Lord
Patel, Baroness Perry of Southwark , Lord Rees of Ludlow, Earl
of Selborne, Lord Wade of Chorlton, Lord Willis of Knaresborough
and Lord Winston.
Presentations were heard from:
· Dr Paul Nightingale (Deputy Director,
Science and Technology Policy Research (SPRU) and Specialist Adviser
to the Committee): An overview of the use of public procurement
as an innovation tool in the United Kingdom and internationally.
· Sally Collier (Director, Procurement Policy
and Capability, Cabinet Office): An overview of the general procurement
process within Government, including the role of the Cabinet Office,
the role of the Departments in procurement and cross-Government
co-ordination of public procurement activities.
· Fergus Harradence (Deputy Director, Innovation
Policy, BIS): The use of public procurement as an innovation tool
within Government, including public procurement as an innovation
tool in the United Kingdom and how stimulating innovation within
industry fits into the procurement process and other policy processes.
· Mike Acheson (Deputy Director of Corporate
Procurement, DfT): An overview of public procurement within the
transport sector and the use of public procurement to stimulate
innovation within industry, including the public procurement landscape
and key players within the Department for Transport and its agencies
and examples of procurement activities within the Department designed
to stimulate innovation within industry.
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