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UK parliament can debate PM Johnson's comments over lockdown breach - speaker

FILE PHOTO: Speaker of the House of Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle arrives at the Service of Thanksgiving for Dame Vera Lynn at Westminster Abbey in London, Britain, March 21, 2022. REUTERS/Matthew Childs

Britain's House of Commons speaker Lindsay Hoyle said he would allow the opposition Labour Party to put forward a motion for debate in parliament on Thursday around whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson misled lawmakers over breaching COVID-19 rules.

Hoyle said it was not for him to determine whether Johnson had committed a contempt in his statements to parliament over lockdown gatherings at his Downing Street residence and office.

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