House of Commons privileges committee heavily critical of former prime minister’s behaviour during lockdown
The MPs on the committee also concluded Johnson was complicit in “a campaign of abuse and attempted intimidation” against the panel.
The proposed sanction was nine times the length of the suspension required to trigger a so-called recall petition, which would have allowed Johnson’s constituents to demand a parliamentary by-election to oust him. The formal minutes of the committee show that SNP member Allan Dorans and Labour member Yvonne Fovargue pushed for Johnson to be expelled from the Commons permanently, rather than temporarily suspended.
The Commons is poised to vote to approve the privileges committee’s report about Johnson and its recommended sanction on Monday. It acknowledged that this case would now form its own precedent for “the standards of accountability and honesty that the House expects of ministers”. He also criticised Sir Bernard Jenkin, committee member and longstanding Tory MP, for allegedly harbouring “personal antipathy” towards him.
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