Mr. Gerald Butts at the Justice and Human Rights Committee

That sounds as if you're asking me to do a technical evaluation based on the meaning of the law.

I think a common sense approach to this is that you take all of the input from your colleagues, and if you think that the input isn't appropriate, you tell them it's inappropriate. If it gets to the point where you think it's as inappropriate as the former minister clearly now thinks it was, then you should inform the public at the time.