Home Office minister Hazel Blears denied the claims: "It is entirely proper that the police were there to make their case and for Parliament to consider it."
庶民院議員ヘーゼル・ブリアーズは、「警察がそこに居て、自分たちの言い分を述べ、議会がそれを考慮するのは全く妥当なことだ」と要求を否決した。