Boris Johnson faces a moment of danger as Tory discipline collapsed into chaos and MPs were given a free vote on whether to refer the Prime Minister to a parliamentary investigation for lying.
With the Prime Minister on the other side of the world on a trip to India the government dramatically pulled an amendment to a Labour motion referring Johnson to the powerful Commons privileges committee.
Facing a potential mutiny from Tory MPs being forced to defend the Prime Minister from claims he misled the Commons the party granted a free vote on the Labour motion with just minutes to go before the debate kicked.
