to look at is whether or not he told the truth to parleiment to the best of his knowledge about number ten s compliance with those covid 19 rules and guidance. it is about the truth and that is why this inquiry goes to the heart of the trust on which our system of accountability depends so truth the essence of the committee s investigation, and during the hearing mrjohnson repeatedly denied he set out to deceive parliament and what he said was in good faith. your first concern is that i may have knowingly or recklessly deceived parliament on the first and 8th of december and it said that the rules is not been broken and the guidance have been followed completely in the guidance have been followed completely number ten. when i said those words, i was not trying to cover up or conceal anything. i said what i said in good faith based on what i honestly knew and reasonably believed at the time.
lets hear from committee chair harriet harman. with the house is mandated for us to look at is whether or not he told the truth department to the best of his knowledge about number ten s compliance with those covid i9 rules and guidance. it is about the truth and guidance. it is about the truth and that is why this inquiry goes to the heart of the trust on which our system of accountability depends. this morning more than 100 pages of evidence was published by the mp s investigating mrjohnson s claims that he was assured all rules had been followed. the most senior official in government, simon case, was asked if he gave mrjohnson any assurances that covid rules were followed at all times in number 10 in relation to gatherings covered in the sue gray report. to which the cabinet secretary replied simply with no . and the principle private secretary to the pm, martin reynolds recalled questioning whether it was
have asked our independent adviser to get to the bottom of everything, to get to the bottom of everything, to investigate the matter fully and establish all the facts and provide advice to me on nadim zahawi s compliance with the ministerial code. rishi sunak says mr zahawi has agreed to that approach and to fully cooperate with that investigation. i suppose in one sense it means there is an investigation that starts and i suspect some ministers may use that as cover over the next few days to say they cannot answer questions, because the independent ethics adviser is looking into those reports but there are real pressing questions being asked of nadim zahawi about how much that bill that he paid was, how much of it was a penalty, we have an idea about the total sum being in the ballpark of 5 million, but mr zahawi hasn t confirmed any of that publicly.
it s restored faith. in multilateralism. |it s given us all hope in the cop| system and literally in the power of working together. the problem is, for many here, the rest of the deal is so disappointing. it means what could have been a triumph for egypt is likely to end up being judged a failure. justin rowlatt, bbc news, sharm el sheikh, egypt. i m joined now by dr christina voigt. she is the first co chair of the paris agreement s compliance and implementation committee and a professor of law at the university of oslo, norway. thank you forjoining us. some people are saying this is an historic axxxx agreement but as our climate editor pointed out there, many think this is dialling back on what was agreed if glasgow. . goad what was agreed if glasgow. . good evenina. what was agreed if glasgow. . good evening- well. what was agreed if glasgow. . good evening. well, the what was agreed if glasgow. . (emf. evening. well, the outcome is what was agreed if glasgow. . (ef>;f>f. evenin