mrjohnson has accepted he misled parliament, but denies it was done recklessly or intentionally. let's listen to what he had to ssay to the committee the purpose of this inquiry is not to be open so called party gate, it is to discover whether or not i lied to parliament, misleading colleagues in the country about what i knew and believed about those gatherings when i said that the rules and the guidance had been followed at number ten. i am here to say to you, hand on heart, that i did not lie to the 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. it's worth just reminding ourselves about the group of mps, the privileges committee, who are investigating whether boris johnson deliberately misled parliament.