Jane Hutt, Minister for Finance and Leader of the House
This was published under the 2011 to 2016 administration of the Welsh Government
The use of blacklists to discriminate against individuals on the grounds of trade union membership and/or activity, or for having reported concerns, for example, regarding health and safety and/or environmental matters, is wholly unacceptable.
I issued a Written Statement in June outlining the Welsh Government’s commitment to use procurement policy to help eradicate the use of blacklists in Wales.
To support this commitment, I have issued advice to every public body in Wales to provide clear guidance on the circumstances where blacklisters can be excluded from public procurement. This advice can be found here; Procurement Route Planner Toolkit
I will expect that this guidance will be applied to all relevant future contracts to help ensure that any business in receipt of public procurement expenditure does not use blacklists.
I encourage other Governments in the UK to take similar action.
This statement is being issued during recess in order to keep members informed. Should members wish me to make a further statement or to answer questions on this when the Assembly returns I would be happy to do so.