el ▁him ▁to ▁keep ▁the ▁scheme ▁open . ▁He ▁claimed ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁not ▁allowing ▁time ▁to ▁close ▁the ▁scheme ▁at ▁its ▁peak . ▁ ▁He ▁named ▁Tim othy ▁John ston , ▁special ▁advis er ▁to ▁then ▁First ▁Minister ▁Peter ▁Robinson , ▁and ▁Andrew ▁C raw ford , ▁one ▁of ▁F oster ' s ▁a ides . ▁ ▁Bell ▁accused ▁F oster ▁public ly ▁of ▁trying ▁to ▁" cle anse ▁records " ▁to ▁remove ▁evidence ▁of ▁her ▁inter ference . ▁ ▁He ▁also ▁called ▁for ▁a ▁public ▁inqu iry ▁into ▁the ▁matter . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁last ▁three ▁months ▁of ▁the ▁scheme ▁it ▁attract ed ▁almost ▁ 1 , 0 0 0 ▁applications , ▁even ▁though ▁the ▁minister ▁claimed ▁he ▁had ▁tried ▁to ▁close ▁it . ▁These ▁three ▁months ▁are ▁significant ▁as ▁Bell ▁was ▁not ▁in ▁minister ial ▁post , ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁D UP ' s ▁rolling ▁res ign ations ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 5 . ▁On ▁the ▁same ▁episode ▁of ▁The ▁N olan ▁Show , ▁F oster ▁respond ed ▁to ▁Bell ' s ▁alleg ations ▁and ▁gave ▁her ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁story . ▁ ▁She ▁prof essed ▁to ▁be ▁una ware ▁of ▁Bell ' s ▁alleg ations . ▁ ▁N olan ▁shared ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁alleg ations ▁with ▁her ▁in ▁the ▁interview . ▁She ▁accused ▁Bell ▁of ▁using ▁" his ▁physical ▁bulk " ▁to ▁confront ▁her ▁referring ▁to ▁him ▁as ▁being ▁" very ▁ag gress ive ". ▁D UP ▁party ▁officers ▁formally ▁susp ended ▁Bell ▁from ▁the ▁party ▁for ▁talking