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Chequers: Official Visits

To ask the Minister for Cabinet Office, who has visited Chequers in an official capacity since 4 July 2024.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body: Cabinet Office
Tabled: 12 Sept 2024
Target answer date: 7 Oct 2024
Answer: 11 Oct 2024 · 29 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

12 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for Cabinet Office, who has visited Chequers in an official capacity since 4 July 2024.
7 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Oct 2024
Answer published
Chequers is not a government building; it is run and managed by an independent trust. As was the practice under the previous Administration, the incumbent Prime Minister uses Chequers consistent with the wishes of the donor, the late Sir Arthur Lee, who g...

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