This information is not held centrally, but public sector buyers are required to publish annually on their payment performance.<\/p>
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Through the Public Contract Regulations 2015, public sector buyers must include 30-day payment terms in new public sector contracts; and require that this payment term be passed down the supply chain. Public sector buyers must also publish annually on their payment performance.<\/p>
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It is the Government\u2019s intention to lay the remedial order, which will allow single people to apply for a parental order in a surrogacy arrangement, after the summer recess. The order will include a provision to allow for retrospective application for a parental order by single people.<\/p>
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The Government supports the inclusion of a review of surrogacy legislation in the Law Commission\u2019s 13th<\/sup> programme of law reform. The Department has not made any alternative plans for a review of surrogacy but would consider options carefully, if, for any reason, the Law Commission decides not to proceed.<\/p>"}
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