Tom Rutland

Tom Rutland

Labour — East Worthing and Shoreham

Speaking in the House of Commons on 25 July 2024

Debate

Government Departments and Agencies: Fraud and Error

Contribution

Covid contract fraud has cost the public purse an estimated £7.6 billion, with the previous Government assigning contracts worth billions for useless personal protective equipment to those with close personal connections to Ministers through their so-called VIP lane. With the Chancellor announcing a new covid fraud commissioner this week, can the Minister please outline how his Department will work with the Treasury to support that commissioner, in order to ensure that this egregious waste of public money is rectified and the British taxpayer gets back what they are owed?

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