Subsequent British governments have acknowledged this deficiency, in particular the 1939 committee led by the Lord Chancellor, Frederic Maugham, which concluded that the government had not been "free to dispose of Palestine without regard for the wishes and interests of the inhabitants of Palestine", and the April 2017 statement by British Foreign Office minister of state Baroness Anelay that the government acknowledged that "the Declaration should have called for the protection of political rights of the non-Jewish communities in Palestine, particularly their right to self-determination."
Os gobernos británicos subseguintes recoñeceron esta deficiencia, como o comité de 1939 encabezado polo Lord chanceler, Frederic Maugham, que concluíu que o goberno non fora «libre de dispoñer de Palestina sen ter en conta os desexos e intereses dos habitantes de Palestina» e a declaración de abril de 2017 da ministra británica de Relacións Exteriores, a baronesa Anelay, de que o Goberno recoñeceu que «a Declaración debería ter pedido a protección dos dereitos políticos das comunidades non xudías en Palestina, en particular o seu dereito á autodeterminación».