The party wants the government to publish documents relating to work given to PPE Medro - a firm that has been linked to Baroness Michelle Mone.
Labour will try to force the government to publish documents relating to £200m of personal protective equipment contracts given to a company that has been linked to a Conservative peer.
PPE Medro was granted contracts to make surgical gowns and masks during the COVID pandemic after Baroness Michelle Mone flagged the firm to ministers through aShe has since faced accusations of profiting from the business, but has consistently denied any"role or function" in the company, with lawyers previously saying she is"not connected to PPE Medpro in any capacity".
Now the party is bringing a binding vote to the Commons on Tuesday to attempt to make the government release"all papers, advice, and correspondence involving ministers and special advisers, including submissions and electronic communications" relating to the contracts to the public accounts committee.
Speaking ahead of the vote, Ms Rayner said:"Tory MPs can either back Labour's binding vote to force ministers to come clean on the murky award of £203m in taxpayers' money to a shady company linked to a Tory peer, or they are choosing to be complicit in a cover-up." She also attacked the VIP lane system itself - which saw a separate mailbox set up for MPs to send on offers from firms, but led to the government being criticised for giving preferential treatment to companies with political contacts.
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