"PPE Medpro was awarded more than £200mn in government contracts for health supplies during the Covid-19 pandemic after a recommendation to ministers by Mone, a lingerie entrepreneur and Conservative peer.
Mone’s husband, Doug Barrowman, made tens of millions of pounds from those contracts, the Financial Times has previously reported.The government launched legal proceedings in December 2022, claiming breach of contract over the quality of gowns provided by the company. PPE Medpro has denied that the goods provided were faulty.
Over several years, spokespeople and lawyers for Mone denied she had any involvement with the company, as did people representing Barrowman.Eddie Parladorio, founder of Hanover Bond Law, wrote to the FT in October 2020 stating that Mone knew nothing about the PPE Medpro contracts and had no involvement in the negotiations for that contract.
He said he was instructed that “any attempt to mischaracterise our client’s non-involvement in the relevant contract will be met with immediate legal action”.
FT.com
This was a lie.
The company has now lost its court case and been ordered to repay £122 million.
But will the taxpayers ever see their money back?

