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Committee on Standards

I just wanted to make a simple point, which is that we reviewed and read all the witness statements. Nobody asked to make an oral witness

statement to us. It is perfectly normal in most workplaces in this country, as a retired High Court judge confirmed to me yesterday, for witness statements to be read and considered, and not necessarily for witnesses to be questioned or cross-examined. We did a perfectly normal, fair hearing for the right hon. Member for North Shropshire. We considered all the witness statements and we published them.