"Like many trapped in the system, we attempted to reach out to those holding the levers across Whitehall but without success. Fast tracks and ministerial lanes came as much news to us as to the rest of the UK."
'We made a number of attempts to supply PPE to central government at the height of the pandemic, acting in good faith on the basis of our established position as a market-leading PPE supplier and first seeking to approach via existing commercial channels. We made contact with several NHS supply chain personnel to offer PPE and services during March and April 2020."
"...Both made subsequent attempts to contact Lord Deighton, the Conservative peer who had been appointed by Matt Hancock, the then health secretary, to coordinate the supply of PPE and, in particular, oversee the VIP fast lane as more stories emerged of doctors and nurses being forced to work without the correct PPE. Neither would receive a response."...
"...Mr Martin recalled: "We were unaware of the fast-track principles, so we then escalated through a number of ministers, MPs and the Cabinet Office, and were still unsuccessful. Perhaps the inference is that not all companies were able to offer the same proportionate support in terms of deploying their resources.
"I wrote to Lord Deighton, who ran the PPE procurement scheme, citing precisely that and offering our resources and saying that I wish we could have done more. I said we were frustrated and fearful because we could not deploy our sales force, our warehousing resource, our quality assurance and our technical expertise the length and breadth of the UK. We had no response."
The Bra Baroness, however, was a Tory with Gove's personal email.
And pocketed many millions through her network of offshore accounts.
