labour will be granted an urgent question in the house of commons. let s go back to nick eardley. nick, it does not sound like we ll get any new information in response to this urgent question when the response is continually, that is the investigation under way, we will leave it to back. . i investigation under way, we will leave it to back. . investigation under way, we will leave it to back. . leave it to back. . i would not hold our leave it to back. . i would not hold your breath leave it to back. . i would not hold your breath for leave it to back. . i would not hold your breath for much leave it to back. . i would not hold your breath for much clarity - leave it to back. . i would not hold your breath for much clarity in - leave it to back. . i would not hold your breath for much clarity in the | your breath for much clarity in the next hour or so. the government seems to think the best strategy at the moment when it comes to details of this event of may 20, 2020, is j
it s hypocrisy. the date just jumped out at me. the 15th of may 2020 which is an incredibly sad day for us. reporter: that day her 18-year-old, ruby, died of blood cancer at home. after ruby died we opened up our front garden and invited people to come by, but they had to do it in their household bubbles. reporter: because funeral attendance was severely limited this is how loved ones said good-bye to ruby. you made the sacrifice of not having a funeral for your daughter. it was very, very hard but we didn t begrudge that. but now to realize that the people who set the rules weren t following them is absolutely infuriating. the british government needs to reporter: may 20, 2020, police are out to enforce restrictions and break up illegal gatherings. we need to disperse this group and go about your business. reporter: but in the prime minister s garden a party is allegedly taking place after his top secretary invited more than
correspondent ione wells. after weeks of facing questions on lockdown parties, from journalists, from mps, now, the prime minister must answer to the police. these questionnaires are being sent by the met police to more than 50 people alleged to have been at events during covid i9 restrictions during may 2020 and maple 202i restrictions during may 2020 and maple 2021 in downing street and across whitehall. these written questionnaires have the same status as a police interview under caution april. borisjohnson will be expected to answer truthfully and account for what he was doing there and why to help police decide whether or not he has broken the law. getting a questionnaire does not necessarily mean the police will find he has or issue him with a fine. previously, his defence has been to draw on how downing street is both his workplace and residents. he previously apologised for being at a drinks gathering in the downing street garden on may
it means the police are trying to find out what, if you are present at one of these events, you were doing there stop obviously the prime minister has apologised for being out at least one of those events, may 20, 2020, an event he said he implicitly thought was a work event. but receiving one of these emails does not mean you are going to end “p does not mean you are going to end up with a fixed penalty notice. or indeed a fine. politically, if that were to happen, that could be very difficult for the prime minister. some supporters say they would still stand by him but others question whether he could continue whether, his position would be untenable. find his position would be untenable. and to be clear. his position would be untenable. and to be clear, the legal test is whether police reasonably believe that something has committed an offence, before issuing a fixed penalty notice? i offence, before issuing a fixed penalty notice? offence, before issuing a fixed enal notice?