On the 8th December, when speaking about the events, Johnson did carefully say he had been assured there was no rule breaking.

He did not put those caveats in place on 1st December, in answer to Starmer's first question.


What I can tell the right hon. and learned Gentleman is that all guidance was followed completely in No. 10. May I recommend that he does the same with his own Christmas party, which is advertised for 15 December and to which, unaccountably, he has failed to invite the deputy Leader of the Opposition?