Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister was aware of bullying allegations made against the Rt hon. Member for Esher and Walton before appointing him to the roles of Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Justice.

I refer the hon. Member to the answers given by the Prime Minister at Prime Minister’s Questions on 1 February 2023, Official Report, Columns 335-336.