TORY Baroness Michelle Mone will take a leave of absence from the House of Lords amid a crime probe into £200m worth of PPE contracts.
The bra tycoon is being investigated by the House of Lords sleaze watchdog over claims she pressured ministers during the pandemic to award government contracts to PPE Medpro, a firm she allegedly has links to.
Baroness Michelle Mone will take a leave of absence from the House of Lords
And the National Crime Agency has launched a potential fraud investigation into the company.
MPs and peers are not allowed to use their political positions to Lobby on behalf of private companies who pay them.
A spokesman for Baroness Mone said: “With immediate effect, Baroness Mone will be taking a leave of absence from the House of Lords in order to clear her name of the allegations that have been unjustly levelled against her.”
Isle of Man-based PPE Medpro and a UK subsidiary were formed in May 2020, weeks before being awarded contracts to supply 25 million sterile gowns and masks.
The Guardian revealed earlier this year how gowns bought by the Government for £122million had been purchased from a Chinese manufacturer for £46million.
