The PM is working to secure support from his own MPs, ahead of a vote on whether a committee should investigate him for misleading Parliament.
In its motion, Labour argues that the prime minister's words "appear to amount to misleading the House" and says the privileges committee should consider whether his conduct amounts to "contempt of the House".
But the move is unlikely to succeed because the majority of Conservative MPs are standing by the PM, and are likely to be ordered to vote against the Labour motion. Speaking on BBC Breakfast, Mr Scully said Mr Johnson "wants to move on with the really important issues of the day". She said Mr Johnson was "undermining our democratic processes" and "debasing the office" of prime minister.Addressing MPs on Tuesday, for the first time since he was fined by Met Police for breaking Covid laws, Mr Johnson apologised for his "mistake" 35 times.
In the Commons, the majority of Conservative MPs gave the PM their backing, but a former senior minister - Mark Harper - urged Mr Johnson to quit saying his actions had been "indefensible". A Downing Street source has confirmed that Mr Johnson told Conservative MPs the government's plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda had been "misconstrued" by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the BBC.
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