Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the letter, "Simplification and Agency of Government - Letter to all ministers", of 7 September 2026, what is the timetable for the more detailed guidance on approaches to public participation to be produced, and if she will make it her policy to place it in the Library of the House once it has been produced.

The government is committed to revising its approach to consultations effective as soon as possible. In the spirit of this, we will endeavour to publish more detailed guidance on approaches to public participation as soon as possible. We will place it in the library of the House once it has been produced.