Baroness Mone

PPE Medpro was granted contracts to make surgical gowns and masks during the COVID pandemic after Baroness Mone flagged the firm to ministers through a ...

"Ministers must now set out clear timelines on when, where, and how this information will be released. A House of Lords spokesman said: "Baroness Mone has indicated she intends to request to take leave of absence from the House of Lords. "Members request leave of absence by writing to the Clerk of the Parliaments. A spokesman for Baroness Mone said: "With immediate effect, Baroness Mone will be taking a leave of absence from the House of Lords in order to clear her name of the allegations that have been unjustly levelled against her." The leave of absence means Baroness Mone will not attend sittings of the House, vote on any proceedings and will not be able to claim any allowance. [COVID](https://news.sky.com/topic/covid-8648) pandemic after Baroness Mone flagged the firm to ministers through a so-called "VIP lane" system.

Tory peer Baroness Michelle Mone faces questions over alleged links to a firm granted coronavirus PPE contracts.

A House of Lords spokesman said: “Baroness Mone has indicated she intends to request to take leave of absence from the House of Lords. “Members request leave of absence by writing to the Clerk of the Parliaments. If her request for a leave of absence is approved, it will not prevent the Lords Commissioner for Standards from carrying out the investigation and she will be expected to co-operate with the inquiry. Although Lady Mone intends to take a leave of absence immediately, her formal request must include details of when she intends to return to the Lords and it will not be granted until she provides that information. The leave of absence means Lady Mone will not attend sittings of the House, vote on any proceedings, and will not be able to claim any allowance. Tory peer Baroness Mone is taking a leave of absence from the House of Lords to “clear her name” over allegations about her links to a firm awarded contracts for personal protective equipment (PPE) during the coronavirus pandemic.

Tory peer Baroness Mone, who is at the centre of controversy over her alleged links to a firm awarded a PPE contract, will take a leave of absence from the ...

A House of Lords spokesman said: “Baroness Mone has indicated she intends to request to take leave of absence from the House of Lords. The leave of absence means Lady Mone will not attend sittings of the House, vote on any proceedings and will not be able to claim any allowance. [Government](/topic/government) to release records relating to the award of contracts to [PPE](/topic/ppe) Medpro.

The leave of absence means Lady Mone will not attend sittings of the House, vote on any proceedings and will not be able to claim any allowance.

“Ministers must now set out clear timelines on when, where, and how this information will be released. A spokesman for Baroness Mone said: “With immediate effect, Baroness Mone will be taking a leave of absence from the House of Lords in order to clear her name of the allegations that have been unjustly levelled against her.” [Tory ](https://inews.co.uk/category/news/politics/conservatives?ico=in-line_link)peer Baroness Mone is taking a leave of absence from the House of Lords after facing allegations relating to her links to a company awarded [millions in Government Covid contracts.](https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/ppe-contracts-wasted-billions-risk-fraud-covid-government-1435701?ico=in-line_link)

The lingerie entrepreneur has faced accusations in recent days over her alleged links to a firm awarded a PPE contract.

Mr Hancock wrote of his correspondence with her: “By the end of the message, she seemed to have worked herself into a complete frenzy and was throwing around wild accusations ... She described the so-called VIP lane as “a scandal of epic proportions”. Tory MPs have been told not to vote against the Labour motion, but it is not known whether the Government will release the emails and texts. The company has denied the kit was faulty. She has categorically denied benefiting financially and said she was “not connected to PPE Medpro in any capacity”. Was she threatening me?

Tory peer at centre of controversy over alleged links to firm awarded contract during Covid.

Baroness Mone is accused of benefitting from a company she recommended for a Covid contract.

He said he was later told the tests had not won any contracts because they had not passed the standards required and he chose not to reply to the "extraordinarily aggressive email". Asked in December 2020 about reports she was linked to the company, Baroness Mone's lawyers told BBC News she "had no role or function in PPE Medpro, nor in the process by which contracts were awarded to PPE Medpro". Last month, Labour accused the government of a "total failure of due diligence" and a "conflict of interest" in awarding the contracts to PPE Medpro. Ms Rayner told MPs it appeared "tens of millions of pounds" from the money awarded to the company "ended up in offshore accounts connected to the individuals involved". PPE Medpro said at the time that it had delivered 100% of the contract to the terms specified and that it had supplied equipment "fully in accordance with the agreed contract, which included clear terms as to technical specification and performance criteria of the products". Tory peer Michelle Mone is to request a leave of absence from the Lords "to clear her name", amid allegations she benefitted from a company she recommended for a Covid contract.

Baroness Mone has been linked to PPE Medpro, which won government Covid contracts.

The department is currently in mediation with PPE Medpro over what it has described as an "underperforming contract" and said it was unable to comment on specifics. However, asked in December 2020 about reports she was linked to the company, her lawyers told BBC News she "had no role or function in PPE Medpro, nor in the process by which contracts were awarded to PPE Medpro". She told MPs it appeared "tens of millions of pounds" from the money awarded to the company "ended up in offshore accounts connected to the individuals involved". Last month, Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner accused the government of a "total failure of due diligence" and a "conflict of interest" in awarding the contracts to PPE Medpro. PPE Medpro said at the time that it had delivered 100% of the contract to the terms specified and that it had supplied equipment "fully in accordance with the agreed contract, which included clear terms as to technical specification and performance criteria of the products". Tory peer Michelle Mone is taking a leave of absence from the Lords "to clear her name of the allegations that have been unjustly levelled against her", her spokesman has said.