pocket more of public money entering his pocket. we have suffered enough at his hands pocket. we have suffered enough at his hands and the hands of his government. borisjohnson lied to parliament, deliberately misled the country. parliament, deliberately misled the country, and has shown no remorse for his country, and has shown no remorse for his behaviour. while time and money for his behaviour. while time and money and for his behaviour. while time and money and energy have been spent on examining money and energy have been spent on examining what was a self evident truth examining what was a self evident truth and examining what was a self evident truth and long time ago, the cost of living truth and long time ago, the cost of living crisis truth and long time ago, the cost of living crisis continues to balloon and our living crisis continues to balloon and our constituents are suffering. is it and our constituents are suffering. is it not and our co
great, and with lay members, there is a vital constitutional issue around unelected people having the power to dismiss those that are elected. if we don t uphold this crucial principle of our democracy, we risk undermining the preferences of voters by appointing unelected assessors to wield power. this would be a dramatic change to one of the world s greatest and longest lived democracies, and we would effectively be saying that we are unable to govern ourselves, overturning a precedent that is hundreds of years old. that is a reality that many, right across the country, would be deeply uncomfortable with. so, madam deputy speaker, in my opinion, the time to challenge the make up all the proceedings for the fifth report of the committee of privileges is long, long past. colleagues with concerns about the committee quite rightly raised those before the house