Very early on, the Public Accounts Committee and the National Audit Office were looking into the issue. We know that it was a rush at the beginning, but we were warning about the problems early on, and still they persisted. There was poor record keeping—frankly, it was a lack of record keeping in many cases. This House gave the Government permission to act fast, but not to act fast and loose, and the Minister just needs to acknowledge that.
Government PPE Contracts
Proceeding contribution from
Meg Hillier
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 6 December 2022.
It occurred during Opposition day on Government PPE Contracts.
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