In response to the judgement, the government proposed to create control orders, which could be applied to the suspects. The Bill necessary to introduce these powers was tabled in the House of Commons on 22 February 2005. The Bill passed in the Commons, then the Lords amended it to include a sunset clause, which the Commons did not agree with. As parliament would not be sitting over the weekend of 12-13 March, the legislation had to be completed by the end of Friday 11 March. With the deadline approaching, the Bill began to ping-pong between the two Houses. The timetable was: