However, there are many reasons why Members of Parliament might not question a statement, and this does not necessarily indicate that they approve of it; in the case of the Finance Act, for example, it could simply be that as the statement was not going to be added to the statute, they found no reason to actively oppose it.
Namun, terdapat banyak alasan mengapa anggota parlemen tidak mempertanyakan suatu pernyataan, dan diam bukan berarti menyetujui; misalnya, dalam kasus Finance Act, mungkin saja karena pernyataan tersebut tidak akan dimasukkan ke dalam undang-undang, mereka tidak memiliki alasan untuk menentangnya secara aktif.