PPE Medpro, the company led by Michelle Mone's husband, has been at the centre of a row over procurement.
Michelle Mone was made a baroness by David Cameron in 2015 but is currently on a leave of absence from the House of Lords
A 46-year-old man has been arrested as part of the National Crime Agency investigation into PPE Medpro, the company led by Doug Barrowman, husband of Baroness Michelle Mone. The NCA opened an investigation into the company in May 2021 into suspected criminal offences committed in the procurement of PPE .
The company was awarded government contracts worth more than £200m after Baroness Mone recommended the firm to ministers during the Covid pandemic.In addition to the NCA investigation, the company is being sued by the Department for Health for £122m plus costs for "breach of contract and unjust enrichment".The agency said he had been "arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit fraud and of attempting to pervert the course of justice".
She was given a peerage in the same year and sat in the House of Lords until 2022 when she opted to take a leave of absence from the parliamentary chamber.Departing tourism chief praises Covid bounce back
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