To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what information his Department holds for benchmarking purposes on how other EU member states are implementing article 45 of the 2004/EC/18 European Directive on Public Procurement, relating to mandatory exclusion. (307444)

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HM Treasury does not hold information for benchmarking purposes on how other EU member states are implementing Article 45 of the 2004/18/EC European Directive on Public Procurement. However, the European Commission does collect data on the ways that EU member states are implementing Article 45.