"The repayment was due after the company, PPE Medpro, was found to have breached a contract for surgical gowns during the coronavirus pandemic. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) successfully sued PPE Medpro, a consortium led by Lady Mone's husband Doug Barrowman, earlier this year. They claimed that it had breached the deal for the 25 million gowns as they were faulty due to not being sterile."
"In a ruling earlier this month, Mrs Justice Cockerill found that the gowns were not, contractually speaking, sterile, or properly validated as being sterile, which meant they could not be used in the NHS. She ordered them to pay back 121,999,219.20 and interest by 4pm on Wednesday, but the day before the ruling, PPE Medpro entered administration. After the deadline passed, Health Secretary Wes Streeting said that PPE Medpro has failed to meet the deadline to pay."
A company linked to Baroness Michelle Mone failed to repay £121,999,219.20 to the government after supplying non-sterile surgical gowns during the coronavirus pandemic. The Department of Health and Social Care successfully sued PPE Medpro, a consortium led by Doug Barrowman, claiming breach of contract for 25 million gowns. Mrs Justice Cockerill ruled the gowns were not contractually sterile nor properly validated, rendering them unusable in the NHS, and ordered repayment with interest by 4pm on Wednesday. PPE Medpro entered administration the day before the ruling, missed the repayment deadline, and interest is now accruing daily, Health Secretary Wes Streeting said.
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