This morning the Privileges Committee published their findings of their investigation into Boris Johnson’s conduct in the wake of the partygate scandal. They found that Johnson had misled the House of Commons and said that, had he not resigned as an MP, they would have recommended a 90-day suspension for him.
As part of their report, the Committee published Johnson’s response to their findings along with their own comments. Here is Johnson’s response in full:
Purported response of Mr Johnson to the Committee’s warning letter, received by the Committee on 12 June 2023, with Committee comments.
- The Committee has provided me with a 36 page document entitled ‘Extract of Provisional Conclusions’ (‘the document’). Despite the fact that they are said to be ‘provisional’, the Committee has declared that I cannot challenge any of its conclusions on the facts, nor comment on any matters in it with which I disagree. In short, the process adopted by the Committee denies me any opportunity to challenge their findings and conclusions, no matter how wrong, selective, unreasonable, illogical or unsupported by evidence.
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