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Written Question
Ministerial Statements
Monday 23rd July 2018

Asked by: Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour - Tooting)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to paragraph 9.5 of the Ministerial Code, what steps he is taking to ensure that a copy of the text of an oral statement is shown to the Opposition shortly before it is made; and if he will make statement.

Answered by Chloe Smith

Upon being appointed to office, all Ministers are required to confirm they have read the Ministerial Code and the obligations it imposes upon them in their role: this includes their obligations to Parliament, which all Ministers take very seriously.

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