It is up to Sir Lindsay to decide whether to allow a vote on whether the matter should be referred to the panel which investigated Boris Johnson over partygate.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (Image: Getty)
Sir Keir Starmer will reportedly face a vote on whether he should be referred to a parliamentary sleaze inquiry over the Mandelson vetting scandal. Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle is expected to allow a debate and vote tomorrow on whether to refer the PM to the Privileges Committee.
The Tories and other opposition parties have accused Sir Keir of misleading Parliament over the process which led to the peer’s appointment as plum US ambassador role. But Labour has accused opposition parties of playing “silly political games” over attempts to launch a formal investigation into whether Sir Keir Starmer lied to MPs over the appointment of Lord Peter Mandelson.
It is up to Sir Lindsay to decide whether to allow a vote on whether the matter should be referred to the panel which investigated former premier Boris Johnson over partygate.
The Prime Minister is facing mounting pressure over the revelations about Lord Mandelson’s vetting process and Sir Keir’s handling of it, including his decision to sack Foreign Office chief Sir Olly Robbins.
Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds accused the Tories of playing “silly political games”.
Sir Keir believes Sir Olly’s evidence to the Foreign Affairs Committee last week showed he had not lied to MPs about the process.
Ms Reynolds told Sky News: “Ten days ago, we had Kemi Badenoch and other members of the opposition saying that the Prime Minister deliberately misled Parliament.
“He didn’t, and that was categorically proven last week, and they’ve accepted that. He has not lied to Parliament.
“So I do think that the opposition – guess what, 10 days out from local elections and important elections in Scotland and Wales – are playing silly political games when we should be talking about the big issues at stake in the country here.”