was arbitrary and dysfunctional. he said up to 150,000 people applied for evacuation under this scheme, but he estimated fewer than 5% of these people have received any assistance. mr marshall, who has since left the diplomatic service, said there were not enough staff and one saturday afternoon he was the only person monitoring and processing e mails in the afghan special cases inbox. thousands of which, he said, remained unread. he also said staff last after spee s he also said staff last after spee is he also said staff last after spee s lacked expertise and soldiers could not access computers. mps have raised many of their cases. what this evidence does is tell us what was going on inside, and it s a