The UK government faces mounting pressure to strip Michelle Mone of her peerage, as calls intensify over her role in the PPE contracts scandal.
The Baroness The SNP has stated that Michelle Mone should lose her peerage due to her involvement in a Covid contract scam.
Due to a breach of an NHS contract, a business associated with the Glaswegian entrepreneur has been ordered to reimburse the UK government £122 million.
During the pandemic, PPE Medpro, which was founded by a group headed by Doug Barrowman, Mone's husband, was given lucrative contracts to supply 25 million medical gowns.
Stephen Flynn, the leader of SNP Westminster, urged Labour ministers to revoke her title through a parliamentary act.
The UK government has promised to recoup the funds from PPE Medpro and has praised the court's decision.
A Glasgow-based spokesperson for Mr. Barrowman called the ruling a "whitewash," while Mone claimed it necessitated a "quantum leap of faith."
Since 2020, the protective gear that PPE Medpro was contracted to provide has been kept in storage since the company was unable to demonstrate that it was properly sterilised.
Mone, who used the "VIP lane" to suggest the company to the government, first denied any connection to the company but later acknowledged lying to the BBC in 2023.
Flynn, the head of SNP Westminster, has urged Labour ministers to abolish her peerage, which can only be done by an act of parliament.
He told BBC Scotland News:
"This can't be the end of the story. The public need to have that money returned to them.
That money needs to be back in the public purse but most importantly there needs to be consequences
Michelle Mone should not be in the House of Lords. The government can make sure that doesn't happen and I will support them if they do that."
Flynn added:
"Is it ok that Michelle Mone continues to sit in the House of Lords, is it ok that she continues to make laws over all of our lives?
I think the overwhelming view from the Scottish public will be no."
In 2015, former Prime Minister David Cameron bestowed the title of Baroness Mone of Mayfair. Additionally, he named Mone the "entrepreneurship tsar" of his government.
The baroness is currently on leave from the House of Lords after losing the Conservative whip due to PPE Medpro disclosures.
A High Court judgment mandated that PPE Medpro reimburse the UK Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) for the £122 million plus interest.
DHSC minister Stephen Kinnock said that the money "needs to be paid back and that's what's going to happen".
He added:
"We have now got the full force of the law behind us."
Mone described the court ruling as "nothing less than an establishment win for the government in a case that was too big to lose".
A spokesman for Mr Barrowman said:
"This judgment is a white wash of the facts and shows that justice was being seen to be done, where the outcome was always certain for the DHSC and the government."
A person's House of Lords membership may be revoked or suspended under more modern legislation, but only under specific conditions, such as when they have been found guilty of a major crime.
Since May 2021, Medpro has been the subject of an independent National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation.
It is investigating possible criminal offenses related to PPE procurement.
What sanctions has the government pursued against PPE Medpro?
In October 2025, the High Court ordered PPE Medpro to reimburse £122 million to the government, which amounted to damages for the breach of contract, as the company supplied 25 million surgical gowns that were unsterile and did not comply with the requirements of the contract.
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) rejected the gowns in December 2020 after determining that many of the gowns were unsuitable for use in a medical setting. They remained in storage without being utilized and resulted in further costs to the government.
Furthermore, the government is undertaking to recover a further £8.6 million in relation to the transportation and storage of the rejected gowns.