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Boris Johnson: Former Prime Minister to speak to MPs over lockdown parties
Lots of people are talking about the former prime minister (PM) Boris Johnson.
It's because of some of the things he said and did during his time as the nation's leader.
He'll be talking to a group of Members of Parliament (MPs) known as the Privileges Committee from 2pm today.
The MPs will be quizzing him over what he told Parliament about the parties that happened in Downing Street - where the prime minister lives and works - during the coronavirus pandemic.
Gatherings there which broke lockdown rules led to both Mr Johnson and current PM Rishi Sunak being fined by the police.
The committee is looking into claims Mr Johnson failed to tell the truth to Parliament.
It's after he and people who worked at top levels of the government were accused of holding and attending several gatherings when lockdown rules were in place.
At that time, there were strict limits on how many people could meet with one another and many people were upset the government had broken its own rules.
Boris Johnson will be questioned over whether he misled Parliament in certain statements he made about the events and the lockdown rules he was accused of breaking.
In December 2021, Mr Johnson told the House of Commons, which is one of the two houses in Parliament, that he'd been repeatedly told there was no party and that no Covid rules were broken.
However, there were accusations the former prime minister wasn't telling the full truth and evidence surfaced later which suggested the rules had been broken and Mr Johnson was fined by police.
Getting something wrong or making a mistake when speaking in Parliament does happen, and when it does, politicians are allowed to come back and correct what they said.
But deliberately not telling the truth is seen as really serious and could lead to a politician being suspended or even losing their seat.
What has Boris Johnson said about the accusations?
Boris Johnson put out a document on Tuesday ahead of his meeting with the Privileges Committee.
In it, he said some of the statements he'd made to the Commons were misleading, but that this had not been on purpose and he had "corrected the record", or made things right, at the earliest opportunity, not long after an official report on all that had happened came out.
"...when the statements were made, they were made in good faith and on the basis of what I honestly knew and believed at the time," he stated.
"I did not intentionally or recklessly mislead the House...I would never have dreamed of doing so."
What could happen at Boris Johnson's Privileges Committee session?
Boris Johnson's meeting with the Privileges Committee is important as the UK's political system largely relies on trust to operate properly.
If Mr Johnson is found to have misled Parliament, the committee will also have to decide whether this met the standards for what's known as contempt of Parliament.
This is when the actions of an MP interferes with or disrupts how Parliament functions.
Boris Johnson's political career could be affected if he is found to have misled Parliament.
What happens when MPs make mistakes?
Much like people in lots of different jobs, MPs are expected to uphold certain standards in their roles.
Government ministers are required to follow a specific set of rules known as the Ministerial Code.
This lays out a number of expectations for MPs and this includes giving"accurate and truthful information to Parliament".
The code also states that if ministers give inaccurate information to Parliament they have to "correct any inadvertent error at the earliest opportunity", which is also known as correcting the record.
MPs who are found to have given deliberately inaccurate information to Parliament or who have not corrected this could be found to have committed a contempt of Parliament and they could face punishment for this.
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