Boris Johnson will have to appear in front of a Commons committee which will be tasked with looking at whether he deliberately misled Parliament. MPs did not vote on the matter after the Government withdrew its amendment to the motion.
The motion was tabled by Sir Keir Starmer who said it was based on the basic principle of "defending the simple principle that honesty, integrity and telling the truth matter in our politics". He said it was a principle "under attack" because the Prime Minister has been accused of "repeatedly, deliberately and routinely misleading this House over parties held in Downing Street during lockdown". He said that was a serious allegation because it amounts to a contempt of Parliament and will erode the faith in all politicians which will weaken democracy as a whole.
Sir Keir said that the Prime Minister had "stood before this House and said things that aren't true safe in the knowledge he won't be accused of lying because he can't be. He stood at DB and point blank denied that rule breaking took place, when it did".
