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Legal action launched against Michelle Mone-linked PPE Medpro
THE UK Government has initiated legal action against PPE Medpro, the firm linked to Tory peer Michelle Mone at the centre of a row over Covid contracts issued through the Conservatives’ illegal “VIP lane”.
The Department of Health and Social Care said it had issued breach of contract proceedings over the 2020 deal on the supply of sterile gowns, with the BBC reporting that it is seeking to recoup £122 million, plus costs.
PPE Medpro said the civil case would be “rigorously defended” and accused the DHSC of a “cynical attempt to recover money from suppliers” who acted in good faith.
A statement issued by the firm said: “PPE Medpro will demonstrate to the courts that we supplied our gowns to the correct specification, on time and at a highly competitive price.
“The case will also show the utter incompetence of DHSC to correctly procure and specify PPE during the emergency procurement period. This will be the real legacy of the court case and it will be played out in the public arena for all to see.”
https://www.thenational.scot/news/23201064.legal-action-launched-michelle-mone-linked-ppe-medpro/
The Department of Health and Social Care said it had issued breach of contract proceedings over the 2020 deal on the supply of sterile gowns, with the BBC reporting that it is seeking to recoup £122 million, plus costs.
PPE Medpro said the civil case would be “rigorously defended” and accused the DHSC of a “cynical attempt to recover money from suppliers” who acted in good faith.
A statement issued by the firm said: “PPE Medpro will demonstrate to the courts that we supplied our gowns to the correct specification, on time and at a highly competitive price.
“The case will also show the utter incompetence of DHSC to correctly procure and specify PPE during the emergency procurement period. This will be the real legacy of the court case and it will be played out in the public arena for all to see.”
https://www.thenational.scot/news/23201064.legal-action-launched-michelle-mone-linked-ppe-medpro/
At last a prosecution, though not the one many were hoping to see involving Mone herself.
Ballsy stuff from Medpro's spokeperson, which neatly sidesteps the issue of how the PPE contracts were awarded to government cronies in the "VIP lane" in the first place and came to be so vastly overpriced, though that may end up being the subject of further legal action.
Earlier OPs about the Mone affair:
Revealed: Tory peer Michelle Mone secretly received 29m from 'VIP lane' PPE firm
https://www.democraticunderground.com/108822177
Revealed: Second firm pushed by Michelle Mone was secret entity of husband's office
https://www.democraticunderground.com/108822191
Michelle Mone's businessman husband faces jail if found guilty of Spanish tax charge
https://www.democraticunderground.com/108822201