Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 15193

Ministers: Codes of Practice

Tabled: 20 November 2024

Answered: 4 December 2024

Question

Mike Wood

Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the new Ministerial Code, published in November 2024, what assessment he had made of the potential impact of the duty for ministers to comply with international law on (a) protections for UK st

Answer

Georgia Gould

Government ministers have always had an overarching duty to comply with the law, including international law.