Question follow-through · 1662
Fraud: Politics and Government
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals that create a criminal offence of deception by elected representatives, as legislated for in the We
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 25 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 29 Jul 2024
- Answer
- 13 Aug 2024 · 19 calendar days after tabling
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- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
25 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals that create a criminal offence of deception by elected representatives, as legislated for in the We
29 Jul 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Aug 2024
Answer published
The Government has no plans to bring forward legislation to create an equivalent criminal offence for elected representatives. It is for the House of Commons in accordance with the principle of exclusive cognisance to determine whether to treat the making...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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