that is manifestly unfair. instead, and in the absence of any evidence that i deliberately misled parliament, the committee is trying to mount an argument that i must have known that the guidance was not being followed and that i buried my head as we were fighting covid, it was an unregulated belief that even if we were following the rules, we were somehow failing to follow the guidance. you have in yourfourth report suggested that it must have been obvious to me because you have the photographs, so let me deal with this point head on because it is nonsense. these photos have now been churned through the media for more than a yearand churned through the media for more than a year and it seems to be the view of the committee and sadly many members of the public that they show members of the public that they show me attending will breaking parties when no one was social distancing. they showed nothing of the kind. they showed nothing of the kind. they showed nothing of the kind. they sho
i will take it on my side because as i said i will take it on my side because as i said in i will take it on my side because as i said in the i will take it on my side because as i said in the outset it is myjob at which i said in the outset it is myjob at which i i said in the outset it is myjob at which i want i said in the outset it is myjob at which i want to help you to understand why i said what i said to parliament understand why i said what i said to parliament and whether i deliberately set out to deceive, and i emphatically did not. your first concern i emphatically did not. your first concern is i emphatically did not. your first concern is that i may have knowingly or recklessly deceived parliament when or recklessly deceived parliament when i or recklessly deceived parliament when i said the rules had not been broken when i said the rules had not been broken in when i said the rules had not been broken in the guidance followed completely in number t
oin the seat next to him on the table. lets join the select seat next to him on the table. lets join the select committee, harriet harman is cheering. to join the select committee, harriet harman is cheering. harman is cheering. to decide whether or harman is cheering. to decide whether or not harman is cheering. to decide whether or not mr harman is cheering. to decide whether or not mrjohnson - harman is cheering. to decide - whether or not mrjohnson misled the whether or not mrjohnson misled the house whether or not mrjohnson misled the house of whether or not mrjohnson misled the house of commons, whether he committed a contempt of the house and whether or not this was in any way intentional or reckless. this is what way intentional or reckless. this is what the way intentional or reckless. this is what the house of commons has required what the house of commons has required us to do by referring this matter required us to do by referring this matter to require
nothing incriminating, it has gathered a huge amount of evidence which demonstrates very clearly that those working in the two shared my belief that the rules and guidance were being followed and that i received assurances there was no rule breaking. the best and fairest course now would be for the committee to publish all the evidence it has assembled so that parliament and public can judge for themselves, despite my repeated requests, the committee has refused to do this, as investigator, prosecutor, judge and jury, it has selected only to publish the evidence which it considers incriminating and not the evidence which i rely on and which answers the charges. and despite assurances that we would be permitted to add material that we rely on into the core bundle published today, late last night we were told the committee were not willing to publish a large number of extracts which i rely upon in my defence.
whole issue of truth. that is why this matters, can parliament rely on leaders who appear at the dispatch box to tell the truth when they do so? a couple of other moments that let out. one was, because boris johnson will be attempting to be as disciplined as it can be on the camera for several hours, that brief flash, a glance at the watch. he was conscience that there was this break, this boat coming up on the brexit arrangements for northern ireland which was likely to, as it did, interrupt his testimony. and then from him, this pretty bullish defence that, as he said, hand on heart, he did not knowingly mislead, light to parliament. and the crux of the debate we are going to hear from him and the discussion of the argument in the coming hours, which is that he says listen to the logic, if you think we would have done all