John
But that would mean that CinC was guilty of telling the HofL Select Committee what Churchill once called 'terminological inexactitudes' in other words LIES.
I'm afraid telling porkies, or being economical with the truth, to HofC and Public Accounts Committees is par for the course. I can only speak from personal experience, but recall being held up to ridicule when I offered to brief our 4 Star to ensure he knew the facts. The record shows some of what he said was utter nonsense, and if anyone was interested they could trace adverse comments in recent Boards of Inquiry reports directly to these hearings. A good example;
House of Commons - Public Accounts - Thirty-Second Report