Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what basis legal advice was commissioned on the Committee of Privileges investigation into the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip.

The Privileges Committee inquiry relates to the conduct of the (now former) Prime Minister making statements at the dispatch box on behalf of HM Government.

There is an established precedent across multiple administrations that former Ministers may be supported with legal representation after they have left office when matters relate to their time and conduct as a Minister.

The Committee’s inquiry also has potential implications for all future statements by Ministers of the Crown in current and future Administrations. The Government has a direct interest in these matters.