Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 35522

Public Bodies: Disclosure of Information

Tabled: 4 March 2025
Answered: 10 March 2025

Question

Margaret Mullane

LabourDagenham and Rainham

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to ensure that the new legal duty of candour established in response to Phase 2 of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry will be applicable to past incidents.

Answer

Georgia Gould
The Government has committed to implement a ‘Hillsborough Law’ which will place a legal duty of candour on public servants and authorities. The details of this Bill will be announced in due course.