Question follow-through · 6380

Public Bodies: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government plans to take to help protect whistleblowers from retaliation in the context of the proposed duty of candour for public bodies.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body: Cabinet Office
Tabled: 4 Oct 2024
Target answer date: 8 Oct 2024
Answer: 14 Oct 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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4 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government plans to take to help protect whistleblowers from retaliation in the context of the proposed duty of candour for public bodies.
8 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Prime Minister announced at party conference that the duty of candour Bill will be introduced to Parliament before the next anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster in April 2025. The details of this Bill will be announced first to this House. The Pub...

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