Former prime minister will give evidence to privileges committee inquiry from 20 March over claims he misled MPs over lockdown parties
There is evidence that the House of Commons may have been misled in the following ways which the Committee will explore:
c) It may have been misled when Mr Johnson said on 8 December 2021 that he relied upon repeated assurances that the rules had not been broken. Initial evidence to us suggested Mr Johnson was assured by two individuals who had worked at No 10 at the time that they did not think the gathering of 18 December 2020 had broken Covid rules.
iv) The context for the initial purported assurance was in response to a media inquiry and the assertion that Covid rules were followed was initially developed as a media line to take. Whether those who gave these purported assurances to Mr Johnson ever intended for him to rely upon them in the House, and whether it was appropriate for Mr Johnson to do so, is a question the Committee will want to consider.
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