Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 1 September 2026 to Question 19032 on Budget November 2025: Disclosure of Information, whether proposed revisions to the Ministerial Code will make the Code (a) more strict and (b) more permissive in relation to media briefings.

The Government has committed to updating the Ministerial Code to strike the right balance between Parliament's vital constitutional role and Ministers' core responsibility to keep the public informed about policy changes. Updates to the Ministerial Code will be made in due course and published on GOV.UK.