He told MPs: “I ask the House to accept that given that the member in question (Chris Pincher) was reappointed to the government by a previous prime minister in 2018 and then appointed in 2019 as Foreign Minister and then, crucially, appointed for the third time in February, I doubt if anyone knowing these facts could say that this Prime Minister should have acted differently than he did. “It is the morally just thing to do in any case to assess the situation based on facts and not baseless rumours. It is the duty of all of us in this House, as in society in general, to act fairly. “If there’s no evidence at the time, if there’s no live complaint, no ongoing investigation, it’s certainly not unreasonable to consider making an appointment.”
