"You are giving evasive and avoiding answers. You played fast and loose with the Chair’s questions about the technology and about the acronym that was used. Should you not have come in and said “No, actually what we have is X”, or whatever it is? If you are not forthright and candid with us, are we going to be able to trust you? ".

The BEIS committee query Simon Thompson CEO of Royal Mail about decisions made with reference to working practices, worker strikes and executive pay.