Boris Johnson to hand over documents to parliamentary committee investigating Partygate scandal

Boris Johnson to hand over documents to parliamentary committee investigating Partygate scandal

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been ordered to hand over a cache of documents to MPs investigating whether he lied to parliament about the so-called partygate scandal.

Johnson, who will step down as prime minister in early September, is still facing an investigation by the Privileges Committee into whether he deliberately misled parliament with his repeated assurances that the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus rules at number 10 Downing Street were followed.

These assurances have been proven false after the Metropolitan Police imposed more than 100 fines on Downing Street employees, including Johnson and his wife Carrie, for attending rallies in violation of COVID-19 regulations during the lockdowns.

Harriet Harman, the senior Labor MP chairing the inquiry, wrote to Johnson and Cabinet Secretary Simon Case on July 14 demanding that details relevant to the inquiry be handed over by August 15.

Diaries and Entry Logs

The requested documents include Johnson’s diaries for eight days during the shutdown period when parties took place, email invitations, resignation emails and WhatsApp messages, and number 10 access logs.

The request for Johnson’s diary entries relates to dates between May 2020 and January 2021, when numerous rule-breaking rallies were held in Downing Street and Whitehall.

The request for access to number 10 logs on June 19 and November 13, 2020, concerns Johnson’s birthday gathering, for which he was fined, and an event at his Downing Street flat.

All photos by the Prime Minister’s official photographer, Andrew Parsons, have also been requested on the dates in question.

Electronic invitations to the events were demanded, as were briefings for appearances in the House of Commons where Johnson may have misled the House and reports of officials being disciplined.

So did details of relevant documents that may have been removed.

The commission said the list of requested documents could be expanded “if necessary” at a later date.

Oral evidence hearings are expected to begin after Parliament’s return in September after the summer recess.

Downing Street could not guarantee that it would provide the committee with all the evidence requested.

A spokesperson for Number 10 said: “You will appreciate that we have recently received those letters and requests which we will now look closely at.

“As we have said before, we will assist the committee in their investigations, but once we have had time to review the letters and requests, we will outline our response to the committee.”

PA Media contributed to this report.

Alexander Zhang

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