Coronavirus Grants: Fraud

Debate between Viscount Younger of Leckie and Lord Judge

Tuesday 25th January 2022 Lords Chamber

[Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con)]

No, he should not resign. I go back to the most fundamental point, which is that we had to act particularly quickly back in lockdown 1 to support businesses. As a result, we put in the £400 billion package of economic support that I referred to earlier. That protected more than 14.5 million jobs and thousands of businesses. It is a great credit to the Chancellor that he took those bold steps.

[Lord Judge (CB)]

Has a police investigation into these frauds started? Has the Serious Fraud Office been involved?

[Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con)]

Not that I am aware of.