Emergency Covid Contracts Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Emergency Covid Contracts

Marco Longhi Excerpts
Tuesday 29th June 2021

(2 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Julia Lopez Portrait Julia Lopez
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I set out the reasons for the court case and what the judgment actually said, rather than what the hon. Gentleman is implying that it said. It was in relation to some procedural issues that we have addressed via the Boardman recommendations.

Marco Longhi Portrait Marco Longhi (Dudley North) (Con)
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Does the Minister agree that what the people of this country want to see is all politicians coming together to get this country back on its feet, rather than the party political squabbling around PPE contracts that were absolutely necessary and needed at speed to save lives? Let us put people first.

Julia Lopez Portrait Julia Lopez
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My hon. Friend is absolutely right. As I have already said in this Chamber, tremendous work has been done with every corner of the UK and every devolved Administration, whether that is the vaccine programme, the furlough scheme or the rapid increase in testing capacity.