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Appearing before Parliament, Jeremy Pocklington, the most senior civil servant at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, said the failures were "unacceptable".

Justice Secretary David Lammy said: "Helen was an extraordinary public servant whose life's work and her legacy are defined by courage, compassion, and an unwavering commitment to justice."

“It’s impossible to discount as hyperbole the alarm that these longtime civil servants are sounding from inside the house.”

These examiners are civil servants, not military personnel.

Givan said they "concluded that review and gave a clean bill of health, not just to me as minister but to every civil servant in my department that their actions were entirely appropriate".