If he doesn't stand up for standards, what does he actually stand for?' She added: 'It's about time the prime minister showed up and showed some leadership. Ms Debbonaire called on the PM to 'personally condemn' the MPs in his own party who 'sought to override parliament's standards system to get one of their own off the hook'. Ms Debbonaire noted that two MPs - Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg and Nadine Dorries - made comments on their own TV shows about the committee, which she said 'undermines democracy' and 'undermines this House'. 'Shamefully, this includes a serving government minister and a former Leader of the House.
Speaking at business questions, Thangam Debbonaire said: 'Senior Tory parliamentarians took it upon themselves to undermine the procedures of this House.
Labour's shadow Commons leader has given the party's first response to the Privileges Committee's special report, accusing 10 Tory MPs and peers of interfering in their probe into whether Boris Johnson lied to parliament over partygate ( read more here).