Salisbury MP "sympathetic" to people's concern after Downing Street garden party
He says we need to wait for the outcome of the investigation
The MP for Salisbury has had his say on the party held in the garden of Downing Street in May 2020.
John Glen says the Prime Minister has done the right thing in apologising and understands the concern from constituents.
Mr Glen is also waiting for the report into the matter to be published and says it "can't come soon enough".
He told Greatest Hits Radio:
"The Prime Minister has rightly made an apology to the House of Commons, and we await the outcome of Sue Grays report into the matter. I recognize people are very, very disappointed and upset and I'm very sympathetic to their concern and we will wait for that report, it can't come soon enough and we will obviously see what that says, but I think it's right that the Prime Minister apologised. We welcome that apology and we will wait for the outcome of that report.
"I have lots of emails about lots of subject, but this is so clearly something that people are very concerned about. I recognize that I'm particularly aware of the distress that people across the constituency and across the country experience. That was something that the Prime Minister empathised in his apology to the House of Commons and that was quite right that he did so."
The Prime Minister said he was sorry to the public after it emerged that he attended the event in the garden of Number 10 during the first Covid lockdown, which it's alleged over 100 staff were invited to.
Boris Johnson told the Commons:
“No 10 is a big department with a garden as an extension of the office which has been in constant use because of the role of fresh air in stopping the virus.
“When I went into that garden just after six on May 20, 2020, to thank groups of staff before going back into my office 25 minutes later to continue working, I believed implicitly that this was a work event.”
Conservative MP Caroline Nokes, who serves Romsey and Southampton North, has called on the PM to resign.
Downing Street staff have now been accused of holding two more parties while restrictions were in place, both the night before the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral.
They have apologised to Buckingham Palace for the events.