LIVE: Boris Johnson's 'partygate' defence dossier to the Privileges Committee published

Boris Johnson's defence to claims that he lied to Parliament with his partygate denials have been published.

The former prime minister says in his evidence that he accepts he misled the House of Commons when he said lockdown rules had been followed in No 10 but insisted the statements were made “in good faith”.

He will appear before the Privileges Committee on Wednesday.

This is a breaking news story and we will have more updates shortly from his defence.

Boris Johnson said “there is no evidence at all that supports an allegation that I intentionally or recklessly misled the House”.

“There is not a single document that indicates that I received any warning or advice that any event broke or may have broken the Rules or Guidance,” he said in his evidence to the Privileges Committee.

He added the Committee “appears to be mounting a case that, despite the absence of any evidence of warnings or advice, it should have been ‘obvious’ to me that the Rules and Guidance were not being followed, because of the gatherings that I attended.

“It is important to be frank: this amounts to an allegation that I deliberately lied to Parliament.”

He said this allegation extended to “many others” who attended the same gatherings, but that most had given evidence indicating they did not consider their attendance against the rules.

Boris Johnson conceded in his evidence to the Privileges Committee that his statements to Parliament “did not turn out to be correct”, but insisted he corrected the record at “the earliest opportunity”.

“It is of course true that my statements to Parliament that the Rules and Guidance had been followed at all times did not turn out to be correct, and I take this opportunity to apologise to the House for that,” he