Tory MP, Andrea Jenkyns, said at Commons that “Magna Carta was issued in June 2015”.
The committee had heavily criticised the MPs and peers named for their “vociferous attacks” against its inquiry into Mr Johnson, after some described it as a “witch hunt” and “kangaroo court”.
Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt said she hoped it would be the “end of this sorry affair”, adding: “I hope colleagues who have been named will reflect on their actions. 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.
Meanwhile, during the debate, Tory MP Laura Farris’s tribute to Harriet Harman appeared to leave the Privileges Committee chairwoman tearful. Ms Farris applauded Ms Harman’s parliamentary career, alongside many other MPs who spoke out against attempts by Mr Johnson’s allies to undermine her work.
She said: “Fourteen weeks before she took up that appointment (as committee chairwoman) her husband of 40 years, Jack, had died. Against this background I invite members of the House to consider what is more likely – that she agreed to chair the committee as a final act of service to this House or that she did so because she was interested in pursuing a personal vendetta against Boris Johnson.”
MPs have approved the Privileges Committee report that rebuked the conduct of Boris Johnson’s allies.
MPs on Monday approved the latest report, which singled out seven Tory MPs and three Tory peers as being part of a “co-ordinated campaign of interference” with the committee’s inquiry into former PM Boris Johnson’s conduct.
Those named by the report included close Johnson allies Jacob Rees-Mogg, Nadine Dorries, Priti Patel, Andrea Jenkyns and Michael Fabricant.
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