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The report will be circulated for the following week's meeting. We will discuss the draft report on 1 March and—I hope—reach an agreement on the report by 7 March.I appreciate that that is a tight schedule, but we must be ambitious in terms of getting through the committee's work.
The only stipulation that I require, in relation to this inquiry, is that we follow the committee's remit, which must guide the direction of each case study.
The committee sought an explanation on three matters. Following the advice we received today, I suggest that the order should be reported to Parliament on the grounds of defective drafting.
What guarantees are there that other Government agencies and departments are following best advice and practice in procurement, according to EU directives?