Post Office inquiry: Scoffs as Paula Vennells addresses 'grossly improper' emailSource PA
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00:00To what extent did what Mr. Davis advised here affect your decision making?
00:10I would never, it was simply not the way I worked, have taken a decision based on the advice of one colleague.
00:20Never. My way of working was to take as many different views as I possibly could and to involve those individuals in the decision making as much as I possibly could.
00:34Can we look at the top of page one please?
00:39Your reply.
00:42Mark, thanks for this. I don't think we're too far apart. I didn't say this approach would be our media statement, but they'd need to be aligned.
00:52You're right to call this out. I will take your steer.
01:00You did take the advice of the PR guy, didn't you?
01:08I really don't remember it relating to the decision.
01:12Hang on now please. Thank you.
01:17As I tried to say before, what we were working to at this stage was numbers of cases going through a scheme and a scheme that was going to be opened up to anybody who wanted to come forwards.
01:35I understand how this reads.