Below are the key points in the evidence submitted by the former prime minister ahead of a committee hearing on Wednesday afternoon when he will face questions from the panel.
, which blamed a"failure of leadership and judgement" for the lockdown-busting parties that took place in Number 10 during the COVID pandemic.
A major part of the evidence is that Mr Johnson accepts that the House of Commons"was misled by my statements that the rules and guidance had been followed completely at No 10". "But when the statements were made, they were made in good faith and on the basis of what I honestly knew and believed at the time."Advertisement
Returning to this at a different section, Mr Johnson adds:"If it was 'obvious' to me that the rules and guidance were not being followed, it would have also been 'obvious' to the dozens of others who also attended those gatherings."Many of those individuals wished me ill and would have no hesitation in seeking to bring me down me if I sought to conceal or 'cover-up' the truth from the House.
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