She claimed to have been "conned" into staying on despite her doubts about the war and told the inquiry that the Cabinet, of which she was a part, was not a "decision-making body", and that Parliament was simply a "rubber stamp".
彼女はその戦争に対する疑念にもかかわらずとどまるように「だまされた」と言い、調査に対し、彼女が属していた内閣は「意志決定組織」ではなく、議会は単に「ゴムスタンプ」だと言った。