That's not practical. The plans would've been leaked and people would've tried to take advantage of it. The idea that a parliamentary decision would have been

That's not practical. The plans would've been leaked and people would've tried to take advantage of it. The idea that a parliamentary decision would have been better than one from the cabinet because the legitimating chain would've been slightly shorter sounds like a rather esoteric reason to judge their actions on. But as opponents this is a great opportunity. They'll get crushed, I guess.