extension of the office, which was sensible, but then things changed, the garden was also used for gatherings without clear authorisation or oversight. critically, some staff wanted to raise the alarm, some staff wanted to raise concerns about behaviours they witnessed at work but they did not feel they could. those are some of the findings of this limited report from sue gray, limited because the metropolitan police asked her to take out key aspects of the reports. let me read you the conclusion. the gathering, this is the conclusion of a scaled—back report, the gatherings within the scope of this investigation are spread over a 20 month period. a period that has been unique in recent times in terms of the complexity and breadth of the demands on public servants and indeed the general public. the whole of the country rose to the challenge, ministers, special advisers and the civil service, of