Speeches by Moore.

“Councillor Cotton, I am going ask you the same question that I asked the Policing Minister and the deputy mayor for policing at the last session that we had. You have raised a huge level of concern around the amount of intelligence that was given to the SAG, the advice that was given to the SAG for the decision to be m…”

“Here we are. Nationally, concerns have been raised. Councillor Cotton, have you raised these concerns and triggered this process?”

“Maybe this is for you, Councillor Cotton. How did the council seek to communicate the decision of the SAG ultimately with those in the community who were being impacted by the decision?”

“It had no view on that.”

“It was downgraded, but then not necessarily included within the final report.”

“Has that been triggered in relation to these two councillors?”

“Why not?”

“Just finally, why was the threat level to local Jewish communities initially downgraded to medium and then not featured in the West Midlands police final report?”

“Is it reasonable to check those mosques that had had that level of accusation made against them before engaging with them?”

“—including ones that had a previous documented history of antisemitism prior to the decision being made with Maccabi fans. Are you aware that those mosques had that history?”

“To stick with the two councillors and following on from Joani Reid’s question about conflicts of interest, predetermined decision making and prejudged views, what is the disciplinary process associated when there is that level of concern that has clearly been expressed?”

“No levels of concern were raised by the Home Secretary. It was just that it was noted.”

“At Birmingham city council, how is the disciplinary process triggered?”

“You are clearly here raising concerns. You have said yourself in this meeting that you have concerns around the views that were expressed. You acknowledged that you have not seen tweets et cetera, but you have expressed views. Mr Brooks has also raised concerns, but yet disciplinary process or action against those two …”

“So despite the narrative that has come out from the Government, no concerns were raised to West Midlands police in that period of time, even though we have heard in the evidence session now that there were counter-protests from the far right as a result of a ban being put in place.”

“Did you, as the chief constable, at any point request additional resource to deal with the initial recommendation of allowing a limited number of fans to attend?”

“Before the risk level changed, even though you had going to mutual aid at your disposal, was that something that you had considered?”

“Is that documented anywhere for us to be able to see that that was a consideration?”

“You were just saying that you sought reassurance as part of the process that the procedure had been undertaken appropriately, but were you reassured?”

“So that was noted in the engagement that you had with her on 8 October. The decision was made on 16 October, so there was a period of time between those two dates. Was there any further communication from the Home Secretary or No. 10 and the Prime Minister’s Office in relation to any concerns being raised around the fa…”