
"Mone was made a Tory peer by David Cameron in 2015, but lost the whip following the revelations about the contract to supply medical gowns. The Conservatives said in December 2023 that she was no longer a member of the party. This was later disputed by Mone. The baroness described the court ruling as "nothing less than an establishment win for the government in a case that was too big to lose"."
""I want to make sure is that people can see that the Conservative Party is a party of integrity. "That's why we removed Michelle Mone from our party. "And it's very, very important that people see that politicians, whether they're in the Commons or in the Lords, are acting above board." Peerages can only be removed by an act of Parliament. The SNP have called for the UK government to take that step."
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch called for Baroness Michelle Mone to be stripped of her peerage after the High Court ordered PPE Medpro to repay £122m for breaching a Covid contract. PPE Medpro, set up by a consortium led by Mone's husband Doug Barrowman, was awarded contracts to supply 25 million medical gowns, but the gowns have been in storage since 2020 amid sterilisation concerns. Mone lost the Conservative whip and was said to be no longer a party member, a claim she disputed. Chancellor Rachel Reeves said she did not want Mone to return but cannot strip her peerage. A Barrowman spokesman called the judgment a travesty.
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