Chris Elmore
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Wednesday 28th June 2023
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(1 year, 5 months ago)
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Chris Elmore (Ogmore) (Lab)
The Privileges Committee’s conclusions are crystal clear that the former Prime Minister knowingly misled this House and subsequently tried to intimidate the very Committee carrying out the inquiry he set up. Why did the Secretary of State not set an example and vote for the Privileges Committee’s report?
Mr Jack
As I said to the media when this question was raised in an interview last week, it was simply because I felt the report was too excessive in its conclusions.