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Sutherland Inquiry

I searched my conscience, and I also asked Lord Sutherland to carry out an independent review. Not only did I search my conscience, but I read that review, which clearly states that the way in which we set up the arm's length relationship with QCA was right and normal practice and that the blame lies in the failure of risk management and the escalation failure in QCA and ETS. If the hon. Gentleman can find in the copy of the report that he has in front of him a quote that shows that I failed in my duty as Secretary of State, he should read it out. His Front-Bench spokesman failed to make any such point—