Richyboro
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Not joining the EU ventilator scheme was not 'communication confusion' it was a political decision. Brexit through and through, even if it results in deaths. Can't abide any of them but Gove is certainly the one I dislike most.
UK ministers took a political decision not to be involved in an EU ventilator scheme, Sir Simon McDonald, the Foreign Office permanent under-secretary said today, so challenging previous claims that the UK did not take part due to missed emails.
McDonald was asked by a Labour MP, Chris Bryant, at the foreign affairs select committee whether the ventilator scheme was put to ministers. He said:
UK ministers took a political decision not to be involved in an EU ventilator scheme, Sir Simon McDonald, the Foreign Office permanent under-secretary said today, so challenging previous claims that the UK did not take part due to missed emails.
McDonald was asked by a Labour MP, Chris Bryant, at the foreign affairs select committee whether the ventilator scheme was put to ministers. He said:
It was a political decision. The UK mission (UKREP) briefed ministers about what was available, what was on offer and the decision is known.
His remarks appear to blow a hole in the case originally made most prominently by the Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove.