The privileges committee was the body investigating whether Boris Johnson misled parliament over partygate. But who are the members of the body and what did the former prime minister say to them in March?
The House of Commons privileges committee is a cross-party group of MPs which is there to"consider specific matters relating to privileges referred by the House".
Labour's Sir Chris Bryant is normally the chair, but recused himself from this investigation as he had already made a number of public comments about partygate.The other members are Tories Andy Carter, Alberto Costa, Sir Bernard Jenkin and Sir Charles Walker, as well as Labour's Yvonne Fovargue and the SNP's Allan Dorans.Technically, the only powers the committee has is to issue a report for the Commons for MPs to consider.
If MPs agree to a suspension of 10 sitting days or 14 calendar days upwards, it would have triggered a recall petition for Mr Johnson, allowing his constituents in Uxbridge and South Ruislip to vote on whether to hold a by-election for his seat.What did Boris Johnson tell them?March: 'I did not lie to the House'before the privileges committee earlier this year.
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