Mr Hutchinson said he accepted the recommendations of the recently-published Criminal Justice Inspectorate report on the officeof the Ombudsman including the suspension of historical enquiries.
Mr Ford said he agreed with the comments made by Mr Hutchinson regarding the damage done to the Officeof the Ombudsman by the need to deal with legacy issues.
Although fraud prevention mechanisms, such as the Ethics Helpline and Officeof the Ombudsman, led Corporate Security and Internal Audit groups to investigate reports about certain arrestees, they did not appear to run joint investigations or develop a corrective actions approach.