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## Baroness Mone’s Involvement in PPE Firm MedPro

Throughout the day, reports have been circulating that Baroness Michelle Mone stands to benefit from a contract between the government and PPE firm Medpro. This news has caused controversy as the company is under investigation by the National Crime Agency (NCA). The Conservative peer and Ultimo bra tycoon has previously admitted to an “error” in publicly denying her links to the firm.

**Timeline of the Row**
### March 2020
The UK government announces its first COVID pandemic lockdown and starts trying to source more PPE supplies due to rocketing demand.

### May 2020
Baroness Mone emails Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove and Tory peer Lord Agnew, offering to use her contacts in Hong Kong to get more PPE to the UK. Her offer is added to the so-called “VIP lane”. The company PPE MedPro is incorporated shortly after.

### June 2020
PPE MedPro is awarded its first contract with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) for the supply of 210 million face masks. Later in the month, the company is awarded a second contract for 25 million sterile surgical gowns.

### November 2020
Baroness Mone’s lawyers deny her connection to PPE MedPro despite evidence suggesting otherwise.

### December 2020
Questions are raised over the quality of the gowns purchased from PPE MedPro, and lawyers continue to deny any involvement from Baroness Mone or her husband.

### November 2021
A Freedom of Information request reveals Baroness Mone referred the company to the government through Mr Gove and Lord Agnew, which later was processed through the VIP lane.

### January 2022
Leaked files suggest Baroness Mone and Mr Barrowman were involved in the company after she made the referral. The House of Lords’ standards commissioner launches an investigation into her conduct.

### April 2022
The National Crime Agency opens its own investigation into PPE MedPro.

### November 2022
Further documents leaked reveal that Baroness Mone and her children would receive £29m of the profits from the firm.

### December 2022
The government confirms it has started legal action to recover more than £100m from PPE Medpro after the gowns it supplied had been rejected.

### November 2023
Baroness Mone and Mr Barrowman confirm for the first time they were involved in the company.

### December 2023
In their first interview since the scandal erupted, Baroness Mone and Mr Barrowman admit they lied to the press and the public by not revealing their involvement in PPE MedPro and apologize. They also claim they are being made “scapegoats” for the government’s wider failings over PPE.

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