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 do not believe we could possibly have that information; obviously, we would need to know the cost base of these companies to supply it. I am afraid that I do not believe we can do that. Further to my last reply, some companies supplied things at a very reasonable margin and did a great job, but unfortunately, as we have seen in some of the examples, others were not so publicly spirited—let me put it that way.