Mr. David McWilliams:

I apologise for interrupting the Chairman. I did not answer his last question, which was whether anybody in authority contacted me, at any stage, to discuss my concerns. The answer is "No". Categorically, not one adviser, not one Minister, not one civil servant, not one member of the regulator contacted me. Nobody did. In actual fact, I would have been toxic to all of them and they probably would have avoided me like the plague. All of this was going on and never once was I asked my opinion on anything by anybody, informally or formally.