Emergency Covid Contracts Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Emergency Covid Contracts

Liz Saville Roberts Excerpts
Tuesday 29th June 2021

(2 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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Let us go to Liz Saville Roberts.

Liz Saville Roberts Portrait Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd) (PC) [V]
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Diolch yn fawr, Llefarydd. Let us call this out for what it is: a gross misuse of public money. The shady deal to award a half-a-million-pound covid contract to Ministers’ friends at Public First is yet another example of Tories putting Tory interests first. Given that focus groups were held in Wales, did the Secretary of State for Wales consent to the decision to use the Public First contract for political research purposes?

Julia Lopez Portrait Julia Lopez
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I thank the right hon. Lady for her question. As I said, we do not use public money for political campaigning purposes.