The General Medical Council (GMC), which is responsible for licensing doctors and supervising medical ethics in the UK, investigated the affair.[65] The GMC brought the case itself, not citing any specific complaints, claiming that an investigation was in the public interest. The then-secretary of state for health, John Reid, called for a GMC investigation, which Wakefield himself welcomed.[66] During a debate in the House of Commons, on 15 Mar 2004, Dr. Evan Harris,[67] a Liberal Democrat MP, called for a judicial inquiry into the ethical aspects of the case, even suggesting it might be conducted by the CPS.[68] In June 2006 the GMC confirmed that they would hold a disciplinary hearing of Wakefield.