00:00So we know this investigation has taken a long time to get to this point and it's taken almost nine
00:05years but that is because of the scale. To give an indication of the scale, we were at Grenfell Tower
00:11for more than 14 months gathering evidence from the tower itself in the early days of our investigation and then
00:17and since then we've gathered more than 165 million files, electronic files, that we've had to search for the evidence
00:25and the information that supports our investigation and helps us to understand
00:29what's happened there alongside taking more than 14,400 witness statements as well to explain these circumstances that surround the
00:40investigation. So there are 20 suspects of organisations and companies and 57 individuals who are currently suspects. We know it's
00:51a long wait that's got to this point but it's so important that we get this investigation right in an
00:58investigation that is so
00:59complicated. This is a really significant day though. When we go to the CPS in September that marks the point
01:07where we're saying we've done enough of the investigation that they're able to take charging decisions and are able to
01:13decide whether or not criminal charges should be brought and against whom and what for. So this is a significant
01:18day that's taken, we acknowledge, a long time to get here but it's really important that we do it in
01:25the most professional, the diligent investigation possible to enable that justice is done.
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