Boris Johnson was ordered to pass a cache of documents to the MP to investigate whether he lied to Congress by denying him entry to the party.
The Commons Privileges Committee sent a letter to the Prime Minister and Chief Cabinet Secretary Simon Casey requesting more information about the investigation.
He has no email invitations, resignations, WhatsApp messages and 10 entry records, including emails, for 8 days in Johnson’s diary during the party.
Senior MP Harriet Harman, who is leading the investigation, has given them a deadline of August 15 to hand over the documents.
The party that ignored the Covid law in Downing Street was one of the scandals that forced Johnson to resign as Tory leader and will take over as the next prime minister in September.
However, the Commission’s investigation threatens his legacy and could affect his future as MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip.
Johnson repeatedly assured his colleagues that “instructions and rules were always followed.”
His allies say he will remain an MP when he steps down as prime minister.
Other Conservative lawmakers have suggested they may step down if a successor is found, as David Cameron did in 2016.
Five Conservative MPs are still running for number 10.
The candidates (Penny Mordaunt, Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak, Cammy Badenoch, Tom Tugendat) will be the first participants in a series of live debates to be televised on Friday.
Johnson’s diary request was for the period between May 2020 and January last year, with many devastating rallies in Downing Street and Whitehall.
Intake No. 10 on June 19 and November 13, 2020 is about the fined Johnson’s birthday party and event at 10 Downing Street.
All photos of Andrew Parsons, Johnson’s official photographer on these dates, were also requested.
Electronic invitations to all events were searched, as were Johnson’s briefing notes on Commons speeches, which could mislead the House, and civil servants’ disciplinary records.
There were also related document details that may have been removed.
Downing Street could not guarantee that it would provide the Commission with all the evidence requested by the Commission.
A spokesman for No. 10 said:
“As I said before, we support the Commission’s investigation, but when we have time to review the letter and the application, we will send a response to the Commission.”
The oral evidence hearing in the investigation is scheduled to begin in the fall.
Contact the news team by sending an email to.
For other stories like this, Please see the news page ..
Source: Metro
I have over 8 years of experience in the news industry. I have worked for various news websites and have also written for a few news agencies. I mostly cover healthcare news, but I am also interested in other topics such as politics, business, and entertainment. In my free time, I enjoy writing fiction and spending time with my family and friends.
