because it is being challenged and we have to accept that and respond to this challenge, which i hope we will be doing in this debate. despite the hysterical reactions of the country can i think it s important to state that this is a properly constituted senior committee of the house as indeed the leader of the house did so in her remarks. it was asked to do a difficult but vitaljob and it discharged its duties with integrity and honour will stop it is our duty now, i believe, before this house to ensure that we support the members of that committee and we support the conclusions that they have come to after this detailed work. i believe also we should thank the members of the privileges committee because they have done the house of commons a very great service under the most intense pressure. instead of being thanked, they have found themselves traduced in the borisjohnson worshiping print and tv media, which has called into question their motives and their very integrity. t
where former prime minister, imran khan, has been granted bail by the islamabad high court. the court is currently hearing eight cases filed against him. mr khan s bail had been due to expire later today but has been renewed for a further three days. this was mr khan arriving at court earlier, behind a curtain of bullet proof shields, after earlier attempts on his life. imran khan was removed from office by a vote of no confidence last year. he accused pakistan s military of forcing him out and says the cases against him are politically motivated. earlier i discussed the situation with khurram dastgir khan a federal ministerfor energy in pakistan. the fact that mr khan is getting a bonanza of bail from the courts means that pakistan s justice system is operating normally and functioning well. the important point to note is that the events of may nine in their scale and severity amounted to an insurrection against the pakistani state. because if a political party takes it
welcome to bbc news. we start with a huge political sotry here in the uk, where the deputy prime minister, dominic raab, has been forced to resign. wherever you re watching, this is a story which touches on issues that everyone can understand from workplace bullying to difficult or domineering bosses. the investigation into the bullying allegations has been going on for months and a report was given to the prime minister, rishi sunak yesterday. in his resignation letter today, dominic raab claimed the inquiry hadn t been fair, calling it kafka esque, and saying the threshold for bullying was now so low, it would encourage spurious complaints, against ministers. let s go straight to our political correspondent, david wallace lockhart, live at westminster. talk live at westminster. about a reluctant resignation. that s talk about a reluctant resignation. that s right. dominic raab had pledged to stand down if this independent report upheld complaints of bullying against him