The Speaker Lindsay Hoyle has just confirmed that MPs will be able to debate a motion on whether Boris Johnson misled parliament over whether Covid laws were broken in Downing Street. Lindsay Hoyle said that Keir Starmer will be able to table the motion for debate on Thursday, but it is not clear yet what that motion will be. Indeed, Hoyle was very careful to say that he has no jurisdiction over the Ministerial Code and whether Johnson has broken it – or indeed whether the Prime Minister has committed a contempt.
Hoyle was very careful to say that he has no jurisdiction over the Ministerial Code and whether Johnson has broken it
So we know that MPs will be debating Johnson’s conduct and the consequences of that on Thursday morning. But we do not know whether Labour will go for a motion that states the Prime Minister is in contempt of parliament or whether it will call for a referral to the privileges committee for an investigation.
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