The lawCommissionrecentlypublishedaneducationalpaper, 'TotalRecall? TheReliabilityofWitnessTestimony ', as a companion guide to a proposed codeofevidence.
He vowed to "take action" if new evidence emerged of a breach of the code, but said that on the strength of the arguments he had heard so far he had concluded that a separate investigation into Mr Hunt's conduct would "duplicate" the inquiry and was "neither necessary nor right".
Nothing emerged to shake the prime minister's determination to stand by his culture secretary - this evening he has said his culture secretary did not break the ministerial code - but today's evidence and the latest in a series of Budget U-turns have shone a harsh light on the judgements made by the prime minister and his closest ally and adviser, the chancellor.
All have been equally charged by law enforcement with a litany of offences of kidnapping, unnatural offences, dacoity, robbery, destruction ofevidence, criminal conspiracy and common intention under the Indian Penal Code.