As it happened: MPs back probe over claims PM misled Parliament - BBC News
Re-read our live coverage as the Commons approves a plan to hold an inquiry into what Boris Johnson said about No 10 lockdown parties.
The lead-up was chaotic; the moment the motion passed was something of an anti-climax.

The significance of what it means, though, is huge: Boris Johnson will become the first prime minister to be investigated for claims he deliberately misled Parliament.

In a political system that largely relies on trust and honesty, that is a big deal.

Pulling the amendment, and not objecting to Labour’s motion, saved the Conservatives from the temporary embarrassment of some of their own MPs abstaining or even voting with the opposition.

It also saved individual MPs from the prospect of opposition attacks if they had voted to block the investigation.

The chaotic circumstances of the government’s U-turn in itself though suggested an embarrassing lack of grip on the party from Downing Street.

Any respite will also be temporary.

Firstly, the investigation guarantees that the rows over Partygate will go on even after the police investigation has finished and the report by senior civil servant Sue Gray has been published.

And if Boris Johnson gets through both of those, the investigation opens the door to a possible new moment of peril for the PM, if he were to be found to have misled Parliament and then be sanctioned.