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·Dr Stephen Brearey; Thirlwall Inquiry

Dr Stephen Brearey — further Thirlwall evidence (day 2)

Dr Brearey's second day of evidence at the Thirlwall Inquiry. Focus: cross-examination on his contemporaneous notes, the sequence of individual escalation meetings with executives, and the drafting of the September 2016 consultants' letter.

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Context

Dr Stephen Brearey’s second day of evidence at the Thirlwall Inquiry. Cross-examination on his contemporaneous notes, the sequence of escalation meetings with executives, and the drafting of the September 2016 consultants’ letter.

Key passages

Dr Stephen Brearey

I kept notes because I believed, from early in the process, that I might at some point need to demonstrate what had been said and when. I am now glad I did.
Thirlwall Inquiry — day 2, Autumn 2024

Counsel to the Inquiry

Your note of 23 September 2016 records a meeting with Mr Chambers at which you say you were told, and I quote, that if you pressed the matter further ‘your own position on the unit was at risk’. Is that correct?
Thirlwall Inquiry — day 2

Dr Stephen Brearey

That is correct. That is a contemporaneous note.
Thirlwall Inquiry — day 2

What to read alongside this

See Dr Brearey’s day 1 and the September 2016 consultants’ letter.

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Attribution and licence

Contains public-sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Original source: thirlwall.inquiry.gov.uk . Mirrored on this site on 2026-04-21.