Question follow-through · 2310
Legal Opinion: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Solicitor General, what the Government's policy is on the publication of its legal advice.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Attorney General
- Tabled
- 30 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 6 Sept 2024 · 38 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Solicitor General, what the Government's policy is on the publication of its legal advice.
2 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Sept 2024
Answer published
The Law Officers’ Convention, reflected in paragraph 2.13 of the Ministerial Code, is a long-standing convention observed by successive governments. It exists to preserve the ability of the Government and ministers to seek the advice of the Law Officers a...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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