Speeches by Mullane.

“They are not often about, are they? Let us be honest. If you have to go back to the office blocks, will that create its own problems?”

“I was pleased to hear you say that the hotels are central in communities and you have your weddings and you have your community events. That is positive. Going back to social cohesion, when you look at those figures for Crowborough on the police and the health costs, you are speaking to Members of Parliament and counci…”

“I have one final question. If you were the public watching this now, would you be sceptical that it will be a year for this site at Crowborough?”

“What if they cannot get work, if they are highly skilled?”

“You say that a resident might be disappointed. Where will that disappointment come in? If they have a statutory duty, and you do not—”

“Yes.”

“We are not going to pre-empt, but as you go through, there could be shocking things that shake the nation. When you do the interim reports, what do you think the Government response is going to be?”

“My questions are about the framework. What was the rationale for adding four years to the scope of the inquiry?”

“I want to come back on Eleanor’s point with regard to what Robbie said. You said that you would be very disappointed if local authorities did not provide the information. If something goes wrong with something like this, people tend not to blame local authorities; they tend to blame the politicians. You are hoping that…”

“Yes, you do. If I were a resident there and the council did not provide evidence, I would think, “I’m not really happy with that.” If the council has not got it about itself to provide that evidence, I would be really concerned that that would be the response at the other end.”

“If that behaviour comes out, the £65 million will not be enough, will it? And you will need more time.”

“Do you think that you will do a follow-up report, say two years afterwards, to see what has been done?”

“There would not be disappointment then, would there? If we follow what you are now saying.”

“If some local authorities—I am not saying whether for or against—do not do what you would expect and hope, you are going to need more money and more powers, legal and everything, are you not? You are going to need more time.”

“How confident are the three of you that when the final report is written, it will be implemented by the Home Office?”

“That is in regard to your evidence gathering, and you added four years to the scope of the inquiry so that you can go back as far as you need. With those terms expanding, you said earlier that three years is not long enough, and that it is already challenging.”

“You are saying it is tight already, aren’t you?”

“For me, this is one of the biggest things in this country in regard to trust—that is true of the public, as well as the victims, with everything that has happened. That aside, is the budget of £65 million enough for what you are trying to do? I hear very loudly and clearly from you that it is a victims/survivor approac…”

“Do you agree that part of that success will be when people can see progress in your interim report? When do you think that will be? When will you get the interim reports out?”

“I suppose that this is a difficult question, but what conditions do you see that would lead to the level of security being reduced?”