The Hutton report: main points

Lord Hutton’s statement

BBC and Andrew Gilligan

- Andrew Gilligan’s claim that the 45-minutes claim was “sexed up” was unfounded.

- BBC management and governors should have made more detailed investigation of Mr Gilligan’s notes

- BBC should have seen and approved Mr Gilligan’s script before it was used in broadcast

- The BBC was right to protect its independence but its procedure for dealing with the Government’s complaints was “defective”.

Dr David Kelly

- Dr Kelly did not tell Mr Gilligan that the Government probably knew or suspected that the 45-minutes claim was wrong before it was inserted into the dossier.

- Dr Kelly killed himself after “severe loss of self esteem”

and no third party was involved.

- No one involved in the