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| Security reports are now being discussed at the inquiry, where Leighton is shown evidence relating to Royal Mail. | |
| There is a brief interruption by the chair of the inquiry, Sir Wyn Williams, who pressed Leighton on whether he expected similar security reports dealing exclusively with Post Office Limited to be presented to the Post Office board. | |
| "I am not sure, sir," Leighton replies. | |
| He says that what he would have expected, if there was a concern in any way shape or form, is that it would have been raised at the Post Office board. | |
| To which Sir Wyn asks: "If it was thought appropriate to report to Royal Mail that there had been 399 prosecutions in a particular year... wouldn't it have been equally appropriate to report to the Post Office that Post Office had prosecuted 100 people, or whatever it was?" | |
| "When you put it like that, yes," Leighton adds. | |
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