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Mark2009 · 23-03-2018, 10:54

De La Rue got the contract in 2009 and currently (according to the report) 20% of new passports are made abroad. The contract was awarded to Gemalto as they were allowed to apply under European Procurement Rules which we are subject to until March 2019 and may continue to be subject to during any Transition period, (my thoughts only)
As pro Brexit ex cabinet minister Priti Patel is quoted as saying the decision to hand the new contract to a foreign firm was "disgraceful" and "perverse".
I still find irony in the issue that a contract is given to an EU company when we are in a discussion period with them to go our separate ways.

23-03-2018, 10:54	#5
Mark2009 Full Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 174 Liked: 75 times Rep Power: 3001	Re: Passports De La Rue got the contract in 2009 and currently (according to the report) 20% of new passports are made abroad. The contract was awarded to Gemalto as they were allowed to apply under European Procurement Rules which we are subject to until March 2019 and may continue to be subject to during any Transition period, (my thoughts only) As pro Brexit ex cabinet minister Priti Patel is quoted as saying the decision to hand the new contract to a foreign firm was "disgraceful" and "perverse". I still find irony in the issue that a contract is given to an EU company when we are in a discussion period with them to go our separate ways.