Dominic Raab, the deputy prime minister, suggested on Tuesday that deputies from Lord Geidt’s Committee on Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs “would have played a major role in his resignation”.
When asked why Lord Geidt had resigned, Mr Raab told Sky News: “Well, the reasons given, of course, were proposed overnight, but they were very limited. He just said he thought that was the right time to resign.Let me tell you what I know.
“First of all, I had committed to the Prime Minister at number 10 this week and had discussed his stay for six months, so I think my understanding had been that he was committed to the role.
“I think he had a pretty hard time with parliamentarians this week. I think sometimes the media as politicians may underestimate how officials feel with this kind of scrutiny.
“And thirdly, there was a particular issue, a commercially sensitive issue of national interest, which he was asked to study. I don’t know what that is, I suspect there will, in fact, be an update on issue 10 later. “