cross party committee of mps and they are looking at when he misled parliament when he said guidance had been followed in downing street and we now know of course 126 fines have been issued. for him to be in trouble, they would have to prove that he knowingly misled or to put it more bluntly lied to his fellow mps. nonetheless, it also means you cannot simply draw a line under partygate next week and move on because the committee will have access to all of the evidence and information that sue gray and the metropolitan police have gathered, including more than 500 photographs of those controversial events. thank ou. let s speak now to tim durrant, associate director at the institute for government. thank you forjoining us this morning, tim. given the conclusion of the met police investigation, how much more can we realistically expect to emerge from sue gray s report when it is finally published?
additional scrutiny. that s always understood. some of these parties should not have happened, should not have happened, the prime minister acknowledged that, apologised for that. he paid a fixed penalty for the one about he was at and others will pay theirs as well. there were failings and we acknowledge that. we acknowledge the anger some people will feel. a team of 12 detectives worked through more than 300 documents and over 500 photos during an investigation that cost almost £500,000 and went to the heart of government. it was very important to carry out the investigation and extremely important to do do it a painstaking and thorough way. we have carried out an impartial investigation. i think the results show that there was an issue there to be investigated. what matters, of course, is whether there is any further fallout here. there is no doubt this whole saga has been damaging for borisjohnson.
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officers working full time. they have come to their conclusion that the prime minister will not be fined any further. the prime minister, in the meantime, has carried on taking important decisions regarding domestic and international issues. i think we now need to recognise that this is a subject which has monopolise a huge amount of time in terms of tv, radio, print media, social media, etc. but we really need to draw a line under this and move on. my constituents are writing to me about day to day issues. they are concerned about the rising energy prices, the rising prices of food. that s where we need to address our attention. it comes to a point where you have the metropolitan police giving an independent, impartial investigation, they have come to their conclusion, they have drawn a line on this, and i think we need to do the same. and make sure that the government addresses the issues of the day which affects all