An investigation by the House of Lords Commissioner for Standards found Lord Chadlington breached the code of conduct over his role in assisting a subsidiary of SGHL to secure PPE contracts. Lord Chadlington was non-executive chairman and a shareholder of SGHL. The Lords Conduct Committee rejected an appeal from Lord Chadlington and recommended he should be suspended for a year.
This is the third investigation into Lord Chadlington's conduct during the Covid pandemic. The investigation was brought after a complaint by the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice in March last year, following evidence submitted to the Covid Inquiry. Evidence given by Lord Chadlington to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry detailed his contact with ministers and peers involved in PPE procurement, leading to a fresh investigation.
' Lord Chadlington also said, 'Any errors that I did make were honest. ' The specific PPE contracts secured by the SGHL subsidiary with Lord Chadlington's assistance have not been disclosed.