Boris Johnson’s evidence to the Privileges Committee has been published. The former prime minister says in his evidence that he accepts he misled the House of Commons when he said lockdown rules had been followed in No 10 but insisted the statements were made “in good faith”.
Mr Johnson conceded that his statements to Parliament “did not turn out to be correct”, but insisted he corrected the record at “the earliest opportunity”.
He said: “It is of course true that my statements to Parliament that the Rules and Guidance had been followed at all times did not turn out to be correct, and I take this opportunity to apologise to the House for that.
“As soon as the Sue Gray investigation and the Metropolitan Police investigation had been concluded, I corrected the record. I believed – and I still believe – that this was the earliest opportunity at which I could make the necessary correction.
“It was not fair or appropriate to give a half-baked account, before the facts had been fully and properly established, including into many events about which I had no personal knowledge.”
Mr Johnson due to face a televised questioning by the cross-party Privileges Committee tomorrow.
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