Mark Harper, the Transport Secretary, said this morning he believed it was "quite reasonable" for Rishi Sunak to take his time to consider the findings of the report into claims made against Dominic Raab. 

Mr Harper said the report compiled by Adam Tolley KC is a "very extensive piece of work". 

Asked if he knew how long the report is, Mr Harper told Times Radio: "No, I don’t. I haven’t read the report myself but I do know that the inquiry that Adam Tolley carried out took five months. 

"So it seems to me that it is a very extensive piece of work and it seems to me quite reasonable that the Prime Minister would want to read the report in full himself, go through all of the detail, before he reaches a conclusion. 

"I think it is only by doing so that he would actually have been fair both to Dominic Raab but also importantly to the people that made serious complaints. 

"I think therefore it is reasonable that he takes the time to do that before reaching a conclusion."