MPs are debating whether Boris Johnson should be denied access to the parlimentary estate. The former prime minister deliberately misled Parliament by repeatedly denying lockdown parties took place in Downing Street.
with immediate effect days before the report was officially published.
The former Conservative party leader dramatically threw in the towel after learning the committee had concluded he should be suspended for 90 days – a sanction which could have triggered a by-election. His decision to stand down with immediate effect means MPs will not vote on his future in parliament – but instead, whether or not they support the privileges committee’s report.They will also vote on whether Mr Johnson should be stripped of his parliamentary pass – which allows him to come and go on the parliamentary estate.and has accused the cross-party committee of being a ‘kangaroo court’ – despite four of its seven members being Conservative.
The former prime minister said: ‘This committee report matters. This debate matters. And this vote matters. They matter because they strike at the heart of the bond of trust and respect between the public and Parliament that underpin the workings of this place and of our democracy.’ Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove yesterday said the 90-day suspension was not warranted by the evidence.
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