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