pe ' s ▁wishes , ▁a ▁confident ial ▁party ▁enqu iry ▁was ▁arranged ▁for ▁ 9 ▁June , ▁to ▁be ▁cha ired ▁by ▁Lord ▁By ers , ▁the ▁leader ▁of ▁the ▁Liber als ▁in ▁the ▁House ▁of ▁L ords . ▁At ▁the ▁enqu iry ▁By ers ▁took ▁a ▁t ough ▁line ▁against ▁Scott , ▁failing ▁to ▁offer ▁him ▁a ▁chair ▁and ▁tre ating ▁him , ▁Scott ▁said , ▁" like ▁a ▁boy ▁at ▁school ▁up ▁before ▁the ▁head master ." ▁By ers ' s ▁uns ym path etic ▁manner ▁quickly ▁un sett led ▁Scott , ▁who ▁changed ▁the ▁details ▁of ▁his ▁story ▁several ▁times ▁and ▁frequently ▁broke ▁down ▁in ▁tears . ▁By ers ▁suggested ▁that ▁Scott ▁was ▁a ▁common ▁black mail er ▁who ▁needed ▁psych iat ric ▁help . ▁Dec l aring ▁that ▁By ers ▁was ▁a ▁" pont ific ating ▁old ▁sod ", ▁Scott ▁fled ▁the ▁room . ▁The ▁enqu iry ▁then ▁question ed ▁police ▁officers ▁about ▁letters ▁which ▁Scott ▁had ▁shown ▁to ▁the ▁police ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 2 , ▁but ▁were ▁told ▁that ▁these ▁were ▁incon clus ive . ▁Thor pe ▁persu aded ▁the ▁Home ▁Secretary , ▁Regin ald ▁Ma ud ling , ▁and ▁the ▁Metropolitan ▁Police ▁Commission er , ▁John ▁Wald ron , ▁to ▁inform ▁By ers ▁that ▁there ▁was ▁no ▁police ▁interest ▁in ▁Thor pe ' s ▁activities , ▁and ▁no ▁evidence ▁of ▁wrong do ing ▁on ▁his ▁part . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁the ▁enqu iry ▁dismiss ed ▁Scott ' s ▁alleg ations . ▁ ▁Further