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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...

House. when those statements were made, they were made in good faith and on the basis of what i honestly knew and believed at the time. when this inquiry was set up, i was completely confident that you would find nothing to show i knew or believed anything else. as indeed you have not. i was confident, not because there has been a cover—up, i was confident because i knew that is what i believed. and that is why i said it. to understand why i believed it, you have to go back to a time before th...

Know youre not giving any of them the to explain themselves with their own oral— the to explain themselves with their own oral evidence. i dont think you own oral evidence. idont think you seriously— own oral evidence. i dont think you seriously mean to accuse those in the videos — seriously mean to accuse those in the videos of lying and i dont think— the videos of lying and i dont think you _ the videos of lying and i dont think you seriously mean to accuse me of— think you seriously...

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 whet...

Believe — that was why i was inclined to believe that this event must be in line with — believe that this event must be in line with the rules and guidance and that is— line with the rules and guidance and that is why— line with the rules and guidance and that is why i said what i said on december— that is why i said what i said on december the 1st. as for my statements on december the 8th of the committee is concerned i may have _ the committee is concerned i may have misled the house...

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, pros...

The investigation now by admitting it? ., , , ., , the investigation now by admitting it? ., , it? i have been repeatedly assured that no rules _ it? i have been repeatedly assured that no rules were _ it? i have been repeatedly assured that no rules were broken. - it? i have been repeatedly assured that no rules were broken. thank i it? i have been repeatedly assured i that no rules were broken. thank you mr speaker. — that no rules were broken. thank you mr speaker. will— that no rules wer...

Case for some of those gatherings after i left, and other gatherings when i was not even in the building. thank you. we need to understand is why mr— thank you. we need to understand is why mrjohnson said to parliament that no— why mrjohnson said to parliament that no rules or guidance were broken — that no rules or guidance were broken in _ that no rules or guidance were broken in numberten that no rules or guidance were broken in number ten when we have evidence _ broken in number ten wh...

The guidance. if you say, how could i the guidance. if you say, how could i stand _ the guidance. if you say, how could i stand up— the guidance. if you say, how could i stand up in— the guidance. if you say, how could i stand up in parliament and be so categorical— i stand up in parliament and be so categorical about following the guidance, what was i thinking of? that was— guidance, what was i thinking of? that was what i was thinking of. i know— that was what i was thinking of. i kn...

By senior— rules was based on what i was told by senior advisers. the fact that this was— by senior advisers. the fact that this was my honest belief is supported by the fact that so many other— supported by the fact that so many other people honestly believed that we were _ other people honestly believed that we were doing nothing wrong, and it is abundantly clear from the evidence _ is abundantly clear from the evidence produced by the committee that everyone was operating with the same ...