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The committee is examining evidence from at least four occasions when he may have misled the Commons with his guarantees that restrictions were stuck to.An interim report by the committee earlier this month suggested breaches of lockdown rules in place during the coronavirus pandemic should have been"obvious" to Mr Johnson.
But he has said there is"no evidence in the report that I knowingly or recklessly misled parliament". He is expected to highlight previously unrevealed WhatsApp messages from senior civil servants and members of his Number 10 team, showing he had relied on their advice when he made his statements. Others will showcase a belief that the gatherings were covered by the"workplace exemption" in the lockdown rules.Partygate inquiry explainedMr Johnson has also sought to cast doubt on the findings of Sue Gray's report on partygate, after she quit the civil service because she intends to take up a role as Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer's chief of staff.
Cabinet Office minister Oliver Dowden said he expected Mr Johnson to give a"robust defence" of his actions.
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