Priti Patel will be challenged in the Commons over claims she broke the Ministerial Code by lobbying to secure a £20million PPE deal for a firm represented by a friend. She had been asked to intervene by her former adviser Samir Jassal, a Kent Tory councillor and former parliamentary candidate. The deal was not finalised after Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the masks were 'not suitable' for the NHS. Now Mr Thomas-Symonds is set to put down an Urgent Question, which would require Miss Patel to give a full account to MPs. Former Tory minister Brooks Newmark had teamed up with the owner of a dog food company who had set up a firm to broker PPE deals for international suppliers.

Source: Daily Mail May 16, 2021 22:15 UTC