Summary of No 10 lobby briefing
And here is a full summary of the main lines from
Downing Street lobby briefing.
The PM’s
spokesman said the report from Sue Gray received by No 10 today would be
published before Boris Johnson’s statement to MPs at 3.30pm, in the form it was
submitted this morning.
The
spokesman refused to say that a full report, including the most incriminating
material being omitted today at the request of the police, would be published
in future. Asked about this, he said:
Obviously
we will need to consider what might be appropriate and we are discussing with
the Cabinet Office team in due course about what might be appropriate, but at
the moment it is unclear how the ongoing Met police investigation might
interact with any further work on that. But obviously it’s something we will
want to keep under review.
Asked again
if the public would ever see a fuller version of the Gray report, the spokesman
said: “That’s one of the things I can’t confirm at this point simply because we
need to discuss that with the Met and others about what is suitable.”
The
spokesman said that Johnson spoke to Gray about her report yesterday. He said:
My
understanding is they spoke briefly yesterday. I think they briefly discussed
the findings. I don’t know exactly what they discussed.
The
spokesman refused to comment on a report in the Sunday Times yesterday saying
Johnson had been told not to take intelligence papers into his flat after an
aide saw them left lying around there where any visitor could read them. The
spokessman said he would not comment on security arrangements. But he claimed
the PM followed the necessary rules and guidance relating to such material.
Johnson
will speak to the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, this afternoon, the
spokesman said.
Johnson
will visit Ukraine tomorrow for a meeting with the president, Volodymyr
Zelensky, the spokesman said. Liz Truss, the foreign secretary, will
travel with him.
28m ago
12:38
No 10 hints
incriminating material held back from Sue Gray report today may never get
published
At the
Downing Street lobby briefing the prime minister’s spokesperson refused to say whether,
once the police inquiry is over, the full Sue Gray report, including all the
most incriminating material being withheld at the Met’s request from the
document being published today, would be released.
These are
from my colleague Peter Walker.
Peter
Walker (@peterwalker99)
Confirmed
by No 10 today: the heavily edited/slimline version of the Sue Gray report
might be all that MPs and the public ever see - no commitment to publish it in
full even after the Met police investigation is over. Won't do much to ease
fears it's a cover-up.
January 31,
2022
Peter
Walker (@peterwalker99)
PM's
spokesman: “At this stage, we will need to consider what might be appropriate,
& will be discussing with [Gray's team] in due course about what might be
appropriate. But at the moment it’s unclear how ongoing Met police
investigation might interact with any further work.”
January 31, 2022
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