It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Liverpool, Wavertree (Paula Barker) for securing the debate. The Government are the custodian of public money and it is very important that we retain the confidence of taxpayers about how that money is spent. It is similarly important that we have a robust, highly skilled civil service, with the expertise and capacity to deliver projects and services over the long term and at pace, and that we treat those in the private and public sectors who carry out work for the Government with respect. The civil service has historically used contractors, working alongside civil servants, to provide additional capacity and specialist skills and to manage short-notice urgent requirements. Where it is cost-effective to do so and the requirement is temporary, this makes sense, but let me also be clear that we are focused on driving down the use of consultants, improving internal civil service capability and driving greater value. We will revamp our in-house training; look again at procurement rules, particularly relating to social value; and continue the work of my predecessor, now the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, in dealing with issues about outsourcing raised following the collapse of Carillion. I met the leaders of the three civil service unions yesterday and will be very happy to look into some of the issues that were raised today about outsourced workers and their pay and conditions, particularly as regards sick pay. The hon. Member for Liverpool, Wavertree also talked about delivering social value through contracts and we agree. We recently took a new look at social value, considering how we take into account environmental factors in how contracts are delivered and the contractor's approach to apprenticeships. I assure the hon. Members who raised issues that we could not have responded to some of the challenges of the pandemic without expertise from both the public sector and the private sector. It is important that we understand that this process is a partnership between national and local, and between public and private. The private sector has provided the framework for the system with local authorities plugging into that framework. The private sector provides the national call centres but much of the local expertise is provided at local level from healthcare experts on the ground. We appreciate the expertise we have received from the private sector. I will not give way as I do not think I have time to respond to all Members, but I assure hon. Members that we need tighter controls around contractor expenditure supported by better quality data and management information.