exaggerated the position because he himself acknowledged this afternoon that they follow the guidance to the best they could. within their understanding and within the constraints of number ten downing st. probably the second area where he was most vulnerable was that the committee was probing him about the basis of the assurances that he said he was relying on when he said to the house that both the guidance and the legal regulations around the lockdown work being adhered to. and i think the committee was suggesting that relying primarily on the advice of two political advisers as opposed to a senior politician or a lawyer, though that may be regarded as inadequate basis on which to get the assurances. but that was the area