Asked by: Ruth Jones (Labour - Newport West)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Prime Minister, how many meetings of the British-Irish Council he has attended in person since July 2019.
Answered by Boris Johnson
A list of ministerial delegates at each ministerial meeting or summit are included in the official communiques. These can be found on the British-Irish Council website https://www.britishirishcouncil.org/publications.
Asked by: Ruth Jones (Labour - Newport West)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he discussed with the Welsh Government plans to announce a level 4 alert under the Heatwave Plan for England before that announcement was made on 15 July 2022.
Answered by Michael Ellis
Officials from the Welsh Government were first engaged by their counterparts in the Cabinet Office and the Met Office with respect to the possible severity of the current heatwave on 7 July 2022.
The First Minister for Wales was directly engaged by Cabinet Office Ministers on 14 July 2022.
Asked by: Ruth Jones (Labour - Newport West)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many former Ministers will be entitled to severance pay since 6 June 2022.
Answered by Heather Wheeler
Under the provisions of the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991, a former eligible minister only becomes entitled to a severance payment in the event that they are not appointed to another relevant office within three weeks of stepping down. Currently, no minister who has left office since 6 June 2022 is entitled to a severance payment.
Asked by: Ruth Jones (Labour - Newport West)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the fixed penalty notices issued to hon Members of Her Majesty's Government in April 2022, if he will undertake a review of the adequacy of the Ministerial Code.
Answered by Michael Ellis
The Ministerial Code is the responsibility of the Prime Minister of the day, as befits his or her constitutional position as the Sovereign’s principal adviser, and is customarily updated and issued upon their assuming or returning to office.
Section 1.6 of the Ministerial Code sets out that Ministers are personally responsible for deciding how to act and conduct themselves in the light of the Code, and for justifying their actions and conduct to Parliament and the public.
With reference to the fixed penalty notice, I would refer you to the Prime Minister’s statement to the House of 19 April 2022.