to line were ten times more likely to win a contract. we now know that many did not go through the so called eight stage process of due diligence as ministers have now admitted. and we now know that this let dozens of experience british businesses left out in the cold. businesses that have the expertise to procure ppe and ventilators precisely and fast. businesses who offered their help in our darkest hour, and businesses whose only mistake was to play by the rules. not a single one of the companies referred to the vip lane was done so by a politician of any other political party other than the conservative party. then chancellor, the duchy of lancaster, the cabinet member who oversaw entire emergency commune procurement programme reported a fast track to a bit from one of his own personal friends and
donors, who went on to win hundreds of millions of public money. last week, he said that he simply referred the bid from ppe medpro onto officials. yet, we also know that he passed it directly onto his ministerial colleague, lord agnew. she s given a very thoughtful speech that you put everybody on the opposite bench as to shame. what she is shocked as i was to find out that there was a company put on the vip lane by mistake, and still got the million pound contract? it is absolute million pound contract? it is absolute negligence - million pound contract? it is absolute negligence of due diligence when the whole process, which now know has been tested at the high court, around this vip access lane and what that did and what it didn t
more form queue behind giant corporations with more form fillers than they have workers more form fillers than they have workers. we will cut red tape and streamline workers. we will cut red tape and streamline the bidding process, giving streamline the bidding process, giving a streamline the bidding process, giving a small business is a genuine shot~ giving a small business is a genuine shot it giving a small business is a genuine shot it will giving a small business is a genuine shot. it will no longerjust be the giant shot. it will no longerjust be the giant corporations with the classiest leaflets that winds, everyone will get a fair chance. evervone everyone will get a fair chance. everyone that puts into the system and holds everyone that puts into the system and holds good standards will be rewarded. the tories had a vip lane, known rewarded. the tories had a vip lane, known as rewarded. the tories had a vip lane, known as cronies, firms with tory mps k
is in dispute with ppe medpro, which won contracts worth more than £200 million to supply the nhs. the government said they had worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic to protect staff. phillip kemp has more. so, this is about contracts that were awarded during the pandemic to a company called ppe medpro. it was one of the companies that was awarded deals without facing competition after it was introduced through the so called vip lane for companies being introduced to government by ministers, mps or officials. labour s deputy leader, angela rayner, told mps that the firm was linked to the conservative party peer baroness michelle mone. she cited reports that the firm and the baroness s home had been raided by police and said there were serious questions to answer about the due diligence that the government had done on the company. now, we don t know why the national crime agency raided
fund and a supplier of pest control products were prioritised because of their political connections. our special correspondent lucy manning is here. can you tell us about this case and what led to it? it can you tell us about this case and what led to it? what led to it? it is all about how the government what led to it? it is all about how the government has what led to it? it is all about how the government has been - what led to it? it is all about how l the government has been spending money, taxpayer money, and protective equipment for doctors and nurses, particularly at the height of the pandemic. for more than a year we have been revealing that some items like masks and gowns have not been able to be used in the nhs, despite the government spending hundreds of millions on them. this case specifically, as you say, was about the so called vip lane. what it meant was that if you are a company trying to bid for lucrative deals, if you had an in with mps or civil servants, you