Covid inquiry: ex-minister defends VIP contract lane despite ‘one or two crooks’
Coronavirus | The Guardian
Lord Agnew says fast-track PPE procurement was not ‘some kind of plan by rightwing people to enrich themselves’A former minister behind the controversial VIP lane for supplying personal protective equipment during the pandemic said “some crooks” were probably awarded contracts, but defended the scheme as necessary to plug shortages.Lord Agnew, who was a Cabinet Office minister responsible for procurement during the pandemic, accused the Covid inquiry of having a “misconceived obsession with the high-priority lane”. Continue reading…
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