Sue Gray Report

Joanna Cherry Excerpts
Monday 31st January 2022

(2 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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I am very grateful to my right hon. Friend, but I think extensive legal advice has been taken on this point and Sue Gray has published everything that she thinks she can that is consistent with that advice.

Joanna Cherry Portrait Joanna Cherry (Edinburgh South West) (SNP)
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If the police investigation were to result in serious criminal charges necessitating a criminal trial such as, I don’t know, misconduct in public office or conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, how would the Prime Minister feel about having to give evidence on oath?

Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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I am not going to speculate about hypothetical questions which, frankly, I reject.