PA•GETTY Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg called for an inquiry into the claims about the Prime Minister

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North East Somerset MP Jacob Rees-Mogg called for an inquiry into claims the Prime Minister was plotting with the boss of a multinational company about how to make the case for the UK remaining in the EU before he had even concluded his renegotiation deal. A leaked letter detailing the secret plan is alleged to have been sent to Downing Street 11 days before Mr Cameron finished his EU renegotiation deal on February 19. At the time, the Prime Minister was still claiming he ‘ruled nothing out’ over campaigning for Brexit at the UK’s in/out referendum.

Responding to the Daily Mail report of discussions between Downing Street and Serco boss Rupert Soames - whose company has multi-billion contracts with the Government - Mr Rees-Mogg branded the allegations “outrageous” and “a real scandal”. The prominent eurosceptic claimed “assuming it’s true” then “Parliament was misled”. He added: “Misleading Parliament is the highest constitutional crime. “So if it can be proved this has happened, of course anyone has to go if they’ve misled Parliament. “It’s a basic principle of the constitution.”

If Parliament was misled, historically it’s led to resignations. Jacob Rees-Mogg

Mr Rees-Mogg highlighted how the ‘Profumo Affair’ - which contributed to the toppling of Harold MacMillan’s government in 1963 - had seen senior Tory John Profumo resign not for having an affair but for misleading Parliament. Mr Rees-Mogg said: “If Parliament was misled, historically it’s led to resignations. So I think this is a really important story. “I think to be organising the ‘Remain’ campaign when saying you rule nothing out, not just to MPs but to the British people, is shocking. “And I think we need an inquiry to find out what whether this was going on, we need to see the emails from Downing Street.” Mr Rees-Mogg also called for head of the civil service Sir Jeremy Heywood not to be involved in any probe and instead have “somebody who is genuinely independent” to head an investigation. The Conservative backbencher insisted he was “not calling for” Mr Cameron’s resignation but demanded: “We have to find whether it’s true.”

Mr Rees-Mogg was appearing at a Bruges Group event highlighting the impact of the European Arrest Warrant on Britain’s justice system alongside Nigel Farage. Commenting on the claims against the Prime Minister, the Ukip leader said: “I think increasingly in this referendum campaign he’s looking like ‘Dishonest Dave’. “He ruled nothing out in terms of how the renegotiation went, then three months later he tells us that if we leave it will cause World War Three. “He clearly has been less than honest with virtually everybody including the House of Commons.” Out on the Brexit campaign trail with the Vote Leave group, ex-London mayor Boris Johnson said: "This is the biggest stitch up since the Bayeux Tapestry. "It stinks to high heaven. FTSE 100 chiefs are seeing their pay packets soar while uncontrolled immigration is forcing down wages for British workers. "Now we learn that some fat cats have been secretly agreeing to campaign for Remain while angling for lavish Government contracts. "It makes us look like a banana republic. And it is also now beyond doubt that the so-called renegotiation was a fiction designed to bamboozle the public. "It was a meaningless mime, a ritual, a kabuki drama in which the outcome was utterly preordained. This is not the far-reaching and fundamental reform we were promised. 'The only safe way to take back control of our borders and our democracy is to Vote Leave on June 23."

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