Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 19 October 2026, to question 22809 on Defence: Seized Articles, if the former Attorney General played a part in attempting to (a) release or (b) recover the seized articles from the Polish authorities.

The Law Officers’ Convention applies to advice which may or may not have been given by the Law Officers, or requested of the Law Officers, and the Convention applies to your question.

The Law Officers’ Convention can be found at paragraph 21.27 of Erskine May:

“By long-standing convention, observed by successive Governments, the fact of, and substance of advice from, the law officers of the Crown is not disclosed outside government. This convention is referred to in paragraph [5.14] of the Ministerial Code [updated on 13 October 2025]. The purpose of this convention is to enable the Government to obtain frank and full legal advice in confidence.”