Covid-19: PPE Procurement

Sam Tarry Excerpts
Thursday 24th November 2022

(1 year, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. I think the hon. Lady is stretching things a bit too far. [Interruption.] I know it is lessons learned, but it is too clever and not clever enough. We will leave it at that.

Sam Tarry Portrait Sam Tarry (Ilford South) (Lab)
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Today’s revelations show further evidence that the Government’s VIP lane was possibly criminal and was exploited by Members of the Government party. Will the Minister today commit to publishing in full the names of the Ministers, MPs or officials who referred firms on to that fast-track lane? Stop being evasive. We need to know what corruption happened.

Neil O'Brien Portrait Neil O'Brien
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I have good news for the hon. Member. We published the information about who referred in which contracts in November 2021.