Spokesman Sir Lindsey Hoyle granted opposition lawmakers’ request for a vote on Thursday, which Sky News said would try to send Mr Johnson to the Inquiry Committee.
The president’s decision comes as the prime minister prepares to meet with parliament for the first time since he was fined last week for attending a rally in June 2020 for violating his own government’s social distance rules.
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The debate on Thursday will focus on whether Mr Johnson misled lawmakers when he first said that for the first time since allegations of partying on Downing Street surfaced, no rules had been broken.
This will happen when the Prime Minister personally plans to visit India.
Sir Lindsay told lawmakers that it was not up to him to “decide whether the Prime Minister had acted contemptuously or not”, but rather whether there was “a contentious case to be considered”.
The speaker, after discussing the issue, decided that the leader of the Labor Party, Sir Kir Starmer, could submit a proposal for discussion.
Labor sources say the committee has a wide range of powers, which could mean that it may request the unpublished report of civil servant Sue Gray, as well as photos, that it has the right to propose sanctions.
But for the investigation to take place, opposition parties must persuade the Tories concerned about the prime minister’s behavior to join them in voting for their investigation.
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey urged the Conservatives to “do their patriotic duty” in Thursday’s vote, while Labor’s shadow attorney general Emily Thornbury had previously told Sky News that Thor MPs should “look to their conscience”.
However, one of the prime minister’s backers, Tobias Elwood, seemed to reject the idea of working with opposition parties, telling Sky News that the issue should remain “at home”.
Police are investigating 12 incidents on Downhill և Whitehall 2020 և 2021, when blocking rules were allegedly violated, and more than 50 fines have been announced so far.
It turned out last week that Mr. Johnson was fined for a rally on his birthday In June 2020, he and his wife, Kerry, were also punished by Chancellor Rishi Sunak.
