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 GouldAs 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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