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Don’t understand why there’s any debate?
521.5.1 Ferromagnetic enclosures: electromagnetic effects
The conductors of an AC circuit installed in a ferromagnetic enclosure shall be arranged so that all line conductors and the neutral conductor, if any, and the appropriate protective conductor are contained within the same enclosure.
Where such conductors enter a ferrous enclosure, they shall be arranged such that the conductors are only collectively surrounded by ferromagnetic material.
These requirements do not preclude the use of an additional protective conductor in parallel with the steel wire armouring of a cable where such is required to comply with the requirements of the appropriate regulations in Chapters 41 and 54. It is permitted for such an additional protective conductor to enter the ferrous enclosure individually.

So you could remove the ferrous gland plate and replace it with a non ferrous material
 
We’ve pulled in a 185 cable just and realised that we need a neutral. It has 4 cores, brown, black, grey and earth. Can we use the earth as a neutral if we shrink wrap it with neutral sleeve and then run an earth separate?
Yes. I can't see any Regs that preclude this.
 
Never heard of tri-rated flexible cable. There are rubber cables available in that size and if it is a long run someone has made a serious error.
Agree
 
Worth a read, I think:

Using Green/Yellow not as CPC - https://www.electriciansforums.co.uk/threads/using-green-yellow-not-as-cpc.35860/

Strictly speaking it would seem that over-sleeving is okay, but personally I'm on the side of those that would never do it - mostly due to the element of unexpected surprise that somebody maintaining the installation in the future might be confronted with.
It’s ok to sleeve the CPC in a multi core cable, but not if it’s a single core cable.
 

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