You obviously didn't read or comprehend many of the submissions of the representative bodies to the ASRR, actus.
But in a way you are correct. The Review was merely the usual distracting ploy used by governments to avoid doing or taking responsibility for anything that's not politically useful for the time being. The government needed a distraction that would "not ever stand the test of scrupulous probity". Hopefully some of the submitters have learned an important lesson and will not be fooled again.