Geoffrey Mark Wolfson OBE (7 April 1934 – 14 November 2018),[1] known as Mark Wolfson, was Conservative MP for Sevenoaks from 1979 until he retired in 1997. (wikipedia)
Good and reasonable people will disagree, but he feels the academy is wrong and that the consequences of publishing could be dire,
We're not limited to awarding to just a single company.
He still feels strongly that they shouldn't have published. But he can't stop them, so they are going to do it.
Lawyers would not take debtor cases if they didn't get a priority (repayment) position.
And it will be HHS and not the academy that will have to deal with the consequences.