Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2022 to Question 127516, on Cabinet Office: Newspaper Press, for what reasons that answer did not provide the date on which the article was cleared in draft with the No. 10 Press and Private Offices.
Answered by Jacob Rees-Mogg
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 21 February to Question PQ 122799.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2022 to Question 127518, on Cabinet Office: Newspaper Press, for what reason ministerial correspondence emails were not provided as points of contact in the original article which appeared in the Sun newspaper and online.
Answered by Jacob Rees-Mogg
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 28 February 2022 to question PQ 127518.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2022 to Question 122798 on Cabinet Office: Newspaper Press, for what reason people were instructed to send their correspondence to the parliamentary postal and email addresses of the Minister for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency rather than to his ministerial addresses.
Answered by Jacob Rees-Mogg
Both the constituency and ministerial correspondence emails have been provided as points of contact where appropriate. Any correspondence affecting the department which is sent to the constituency office is passed to the Cabinet Office in the usual way.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date the article accredited to the Minister for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency, published in the Sun newspaper on 10 February 2022 was cleared in draft with the No. 10 Press and Private Offices.
Answered by Jacob Rees-Mogg
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 21 February to Question PQ 122799.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the article accredited to the Minister for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency, published in the Sun newspaper on 10 February 2022 was cleared in draft with the No. 10 Press and Private Offices at least 24 hours in advance.
Answered by Jacob Rees-Mogg
The specified article received the appropriate clearances.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the comments of the Minister for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency published in the Sun on 8 February 2022, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of those comments with the Cabinet Office consultation principles.
Answered by Jacob Rees-Mogg
I have asked members of the British public to raise ideas for regulatory reform directly to the Government. These proposals will be considered by the Government, and those taken forward will be done so by the relevant department, in line with the government Consultation Principles.