BREAKING: Tory peer Baroness Michelle Mone will take a leave of absence from the House of Lords with immediate effect, the Press Association understands. Read more: 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
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.accused members of the Tory party of using the pandemic as an"opportunity" to"get rich".
Ms Rayner added:"This looks very dodgy - people making huge sums of money on PPE that couldn't be used. It needs to be exposed now. Those documents need to come out and it needs to be out in the open."The company has denied that the kit was faulty.saw a separate mailbox set up for MPs to send on offers from firms, but led to the government being criticised for giving preferential treatment to companies with political contacts.
Baroness Mone is currently under investigation by the House of Lords' commissioner for standards, with parliament's website saying the probe is over"alleged involvement in procuring contracts for PPE Medpro leading to potential breaches…of the House of Lords code of conduct".
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