Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to the Prime Minister’s introduction to the King’s Speech background briefing notes, published by the Cabinet Office on 13 May, whether the party political reference in the introduction was approved by the Cabinet Office’s (1) Permanent Secretary, or (2) Propriety and Ethics Team.

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