What I think is going on is that NWBO management decided to pour all NWBO available resources into getting Advent ready first and had little or no resources left to apply for MAA. So LPs remark was more her policy than the MHRA.
I hope the MHRA will not allow MIA to be granted as long as the request for MAA is not submitted, forcing LP to submit a request for MAA. I hope the MHRA will stop the can-kicking, something that NWBO shareholders, BOD, MD's, bad press, were not able or not willing to do.