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Whose responsibility is it to ensure that they do not happen?

I presume that a non-disclosure agreement means that certain people cannot discuss the case.

It is. That is a lot of interesting information. Dr Lennon, would you like to comment at all?

We have heard in evidence about use of non-disclosure agreements. What do you know of that? Is that taking place?

That is interesting—thank you. Kate Wallace, would you like to come in?

I will stay with you, Kate. Earlier, you spoke about transparency and independence. Some of the evidence that we have heard suggested to us that the police are perhaps marking their own homework in a lot of cases. Would independent scrutiny in misconduct cases be preferable?

Dr Lennon, you agree?

Did I hear you correctly when you said that there was no equality and diversity training before 2021?

I am surprised by that. I sat on the previous Justice Committee when the issue was being talked about and I understood that that was being done, but you have said that it is not. Who is ultimately responsible for the process being carried out properly? David Kennedy has pointed out that it is not.

David Malcolm, do you want to comment on this?