Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 13 July (HL1390), why Cabinet Office staff who had worked on the Mandelson due diligence were not recused from working on the Government response to the Humble Address of 4 February, due to having a conflict of interest.

Staff from across the Cabinet Office are involved in compliance with the Humble Address motion as necessary. Civil Servants remain bound by the Civil Service Code at all times, and by their departmental policies on managing conflicts of interest.