Downing Street has expressed confidence in the work of a parliamentary committee which has been the subject of attacks by former Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his allies.
Johnson quit as an MP on Friday, accusing the House of Commons Privileges Committee of trying to drive him out of Parliament and calling its investigation into the partygate scandal a “kangaroo court.”
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s official spokesman said on Monday: “This is a properly set-up committee that the House has voted to carry out their work.
“The government will in no way traduce or criticise the work of the committee who are doing exactly what Parliament has asked them to do.”…