Sir Jacob was among those named to use the debate to push back on the report. Other MPs quoted in the report included Conservatives Mark Jenkinson, Sir Michael Fabricant, Brendan Clarke-Smith and Dame Andrea Jenkyns while Conservative peer Lord Goldsmith was also named. Mr Johnson’s supporters frequently attacked the Labour-led but Tory-majority committee as a “witch hunt” and “kangaroo court” – with the former PM found to be complicit in the campaign against the panel investigating him.
The Privileges Committee ultimately triggered Mr Johnson’s resignation from Parliament in protest at its recommendation that he should face a lengthy suspension for misleading the Commons with his denials of lockdown-busting parties in Downing Street. Lord Castlereagh challenged Mr Canning to a duel which was fought on September 21 1809. Ms Mordaunt’s final remark referred to former prime minister George Canning, who as foreign secretary quarrelled with the war minister over the deployment of troops. “If Castlereagh and Canning could adopt polite civility after fighting a duel, I live in hope that today will be the end of this sorry affair.” “I hope that some speeches we might hear this afternoon will acknowledge that obligation we have to one another as colleagues. “But I know of at least one member named in the report who has taken the time to speak with regret to some other members of that committee and I applaud them for doing so. “One of the most painful aspects of this whole affair is that it has involved animosities between colleagues, and colleagues of the same political hue. Introducing the motion, she told the Commons: “I hope colleagues who have been named will reflect on their actions.
The motion also sought to make clear about how MPs should behave when a Privileges Committee inquiry is taking place.Ĭommons Leader Ms Mordaunt said the report was an “exceptional situation” and not part of the usual “cut and thrust of politics”. MPs approved the report without the need for a formal vote.
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