The Scott Report shows how hard it is to stop the juggernaut of government. Parliament had no way of finding out that government policy had changed. Three businessmen who were assured, in great secrecy, that it really had changed, found themselves facing criminal charges. Senior ministers signed a document to prevent the release of papers which proved their innocence, but, by fortunate chance, the judge in the case insisted on seeing the documents for himself, and the three were acquitted.