Live updates: Mike Ashley admits Sports Direct mistakes
Live reaction to Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley's appearance before MPs.
Ashley: Sports Direct ambulance call-outs were hasty
Mike Ashley said Sports Direct staff had been "over-quick to pick up the phone" after it was revealed that 110 ambulances were called to its main warehouse in the last three years.
The figure related to call-outs between January 1 2013 and April 19 this year to the Shirebrook warehouse in Derbyshire.
"Let us assume that every single call-out was needed," he said. "How are people getting injured at Sports Direct? You cannot have that number of serious incidents - it is impossible."
Mr Ashley added: "I was told that we were over-quick to pick up the phone for the ambulance service."
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Is Sports Direct just 'too big' for one man?
Allegations of bad working conditions at Sports Direct's main warehouse are appalling - but Mike Ashley appeared to have little oversight.
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Ashley admits Sports Direct broke law and made mistakes
The tycoon told MPs things had happened at the retail giant that "shouldn't happen" after conditions were likened to a "labour camp".
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Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley faces grilling from MPs
The billionaire is set to answer questions later this morning over working conditions at his Shirebrook warehouse.