Covid-19: PPE Procurement - Commons Urgent Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:54 pm on 30 November 2022.

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Photo of Lord Markham Lord Markham The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care 3:54, 30 November 2022

I thank the noble Lord. As I am sure we are all aware, this is subject to a criminal investigation at the moment, so in terms of paperwork we need to let that take its due course. What I can talk about is what we are doing as a department on that, particularly in terms of the contracts for gowns which were defective, and it is in that area that we are in dispute with them. We have made a claim and put in place a process so that we will take it to court, and we will pursue that if we do not come to a negotiated settlement which is satisfactory.