Did Arlene Foster show the "candour" which might have been expected during her Assembly statement at height of the cash for ash scandal? That's what the RHI inquiry asked this week - @SJAMcBride has the analysis

Candour - defined as "the quality of being open and transparent". On Tuesday, solicitor to the RHI inquiry David Scoffield told the inquiry that it will have to decide whether an Arlene Foster assembly statement at the height of the green energy scheme scandal showed the "candour" which might have been expected. Mrs Foster addressed the assembly in December 2016 as the political row over cash for ash intensified. It followed the explosive interview given to Stephen by her former party colleague Jonathan Bell. In it he claimed some in the DUP had worked to keep the scheme open as he tried to close it, allowing hundreds of applicants to pile in and qualify for lucrative payments. That was denied. So what did Arlene Foster say in her speech to Assembly that day in December 2016? Well she said she was sorry that the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme "did not contain cost control measures". She also said there were "fundamental flaws in its design." Mrs Foster was speaking in the chamber to only DUP MLAs. That's because all the other assembly members had left in protest. Stephen spoke to Newsletter political editor Sam McBride.