The former PM is entitled to money from the public purse as he faces an investigation over whether he misled parliament about partygate, and he has already spent over £200,000 on advice from lawyers.
But asked if there was a cap on that price, he said no, and that the figure could increase depending on how long the investigation takes.
"At the moment we have estimated that it would be up to a figure of £200,000, which has been published - £222,000 to be precise," said Mr Chisholm."We hope and expect that will be a maximum figure, but obviously we don't want to anticipate and certainly could not regulate the conduct of the committee, which is entirely up to them.
The Liberal Democrats condemned the government fund for Mr Johnson, deeming it a"cost-of-lying crisis". MP Wendy Chamberlain said:"People will be outraged that hundreds of thousands of pounds of their money will be used to defend a lying lawbreaker who disgraced the office of prime minister. "Rishi Sunak needs to step in immediately, stop this fund and apologise for his government's chaotic track record of defending the indefensible."The contracts with Peters and Peters which have already been paid are published on the government website and cover legal advice from leading KC Lord Pannick.
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