Tory peer Baroness Mone to take leave of absence from House of Lords 'with immediate effect'
A spokesman for Tory peer 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 Lady Mone will not attend sittings of the House, vote on any proceedings and will not be able to claim any allowance. Labour plans to try to force the Government to release records of a £200 million contract awarded to PPE Medpro which Baroness Mone may have profited from.Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner said on the Today Programme on Tuesday that companies like PPE Medpro were recommended during the pandemic by Tory ministers, MPs and peers, and given "fast track" and "preferential treatment".
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."
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