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Any response would be "proportionate", the spokesman said.

The fine would be proportionate to the scale of the business, which has a £2bn-a-year turnover.

When military strikes came they would be "proportionate, targeted - we will do all we humanly can to avoid civilian casualties".

While this is only slightly more than would be proportionate, the London crisis has the potential to get much worse.

He continued: "I do not believe that it would be proportionate to ban all such contracts in future" but he is seeking "strict rules" on tax arrangements of senior public officials.

It would be proportionate.

The uncertainty that it would engender would not be proportionate to the benefits of including it.

That would not be proportionate, that would not be legal, and we would not do it".

Lobban promised: "We do not spend our time listening to the telephone calls or reading the emails of the majority, the vast majority – that would not be proportionate, it would not be legal.

That would not be proportionate; it would not be legal; we do not do it," Lobban said.

The BBC Trust announced earlier this month that it would not investigate whether Yentob had tried to influence coverage, saying it would not be "proportionate, appropriate or cost effective".