Prime Minister: Communication — Written Question

Question

Mr Richard Holden

Conservative — Basildon and Billericay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the average number of days for a write-round clearance to be approved by the (a) Parliamentary Business and Legislation Committee and (b) Economic and Domestic Affairs Secretariat

Answer

Georgia Gould

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 information relating to the proceedings of Cabinet and it...

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