WYRE Forest MP Mark Garnier has responded to the latest revelations in the 'Partygate' scandal. 

In his latest Shuttle column, Mr Garnier said: "The final decisions of the Metropolitan Police on activities inside No10 during the pandemic has been met with photographs of parties, and insiders revealing the extent of what happened. And now we have the final report of civil servant Sue Gray.

"I can’t pretend to say that this looks anything other than awful. The stories become more lurid by the day, and some question the probity of the Met and how their view on what happened seems to differ from what appears in released photographs.

"Back at the beginning of all this, I always maintained that we would have to wait for the Gray report to be able to pass judgement. But since then, a Labour motion to refer the Prime Minister to the Privileges Committee, made up of MPs, to see if he has lied to Parliament has now taken precedent. "This means that the process of investigation into all this rumbles on and probably will do until the autumn.

"I completely understand people’s frustration at all this, but it is important that we stick by Labour’s unchallenged decision to run the separate enquiry before deciding what happens next".