Aaron Bell
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Sue Gray Report
Aaron Bell Excerpts(2 years, 6 months ago)
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The Prime Minister
I really do not think the Government can be blamed for the delay that the hon. Member complains of. It took a long time for the Met to do its work, which was exhaustive, and I do not believe that it sustains the conclusion he has drawn—not at all.
Aaron Bell (Newcastle-under-Lyme) (Con)
When I asked the Prime Minister about Sue Gray’s interim findings on 31 January, he asked me to wait for the inquiry report—he asked many hon. Members that day to do the same. Subsequently, he has asked the media to wait for the findings of the inquiry report, and he knows that many Conservative colleagues have told their constituents that they are waiting for the inquiry report. So I was very surprised to read an intimation in The Times that he may have asked Sue Gray not to publish the report at all. Is there any truth to that suggestion?
The Prime Minister
What Sue Gray has published is entirely for Sue Gray. It is a wholly independent report.