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Jonathan Gullis (Con) asks Creswell if he was told that members of the Post Office board might leave if Henry Staunton was not removed as chair.

Creswell says he was told that. Those complaints came to him, and this point was made to him about Staunton. He says there were concerns about Staunton's conduct, and anxiety" that board members might leave if Staunton did not.

Yes, I was told that explicitly.

By one individual on behalf of two members of the board. So, the complaints about Mr Staunton's behaviour came to me and I had a phone call with Mr [Ben] Tidswell ... he is the senior independent director on the Post Office board and his job is - among other things - to hold the chair to account.

So, it was he who contacted me and, indeed, he did say, as you have suggested, that the level of anxiety about Mr Staunton's behaviour was such that we might see resignations from the board.