Grayling quits security committee over chair row
Former Cabinet minister Chris Grayling has quit the Commons intelligence and security committee ( ISC) just weeks after he was blocked from heading the influential body.
The ex- transport secretary has written to the man who beat him to the chairmanship of the committee last month, Julian Lewis, to tender his resignation from the ISC.
Mr Lewis was expelled from the parliamentary Conservative Party after being elected head of the body with the backing of opposition MPS.
In the aftermath of the vote for chairman, Mr Lewis con
demned what he called Downing Street’s attempt to impose its “preferred candidate” to lead the committee.
The spat over the chairmanship came ahead of the release of a much delayed report by the ISC on alleged Russian interference in UK politics.