Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 40303

Cabinet: Disclosure of Information

Tabled: 21 March 2025
Answered: 26 March 2025

Question

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

Labour — Slough

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to prevent the unauthorised disclosure of Cabinet discussions to the media.

Answer

Georgia Gould
As set out at chapter 5 of the ministerial code, the principle of collective responsibility requires that the privacy of ministerial discussions at Cabinet and its committees should be maintained. It is therefore a long established precedent that informat...
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