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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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David Conn

Lords standards watchdog investigates Tory peer over ‘VIP’ PPE contracts

Lord Chadlington in 2012
Lord Chadlington in 2012. His fellow Tory peer Lord Feldman referred SG Recruitment to the ‘VIP lane’ and it won two contracts. Photograph: Nick Harvey/Getty Images for Cartier

The House of Lords standards commissioner has launched an investigation into a Conservative peer for potentially breaching financial conduct rules, relating to the award of £50m of government contracts for supplying PPE during the Covid pandemic.

Peter Selwyn Gummer, who has sat in the upper house as Lord Chadlington for 26 years, recommended to the government a company that was part of a group in which he was a director and shareholder.

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