Despite it was the first meeting held between the three offices of the new administration, all the statements were exclusively made by legislatures during Kogosho Conference except for Iwakura, Okubo and Goto as above-mentioned, thus it was substantially very much like a lords conference.
新政権の三職を集めて行われた初めての会議であったが、上記のごとく岩倉・大久保・後藤を除けば小御所会議での実際の発言はすべて議定からなされており、実質的には諸侯会議の色彩が強かった。