Question follow-through · 13759

Business: Meetings

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department issues on the conduct of meetings between Ministers and business representatives where such business representatives have paid money to the governing party to facilitate the meeting.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
12 Nov 2024
Target answer date
14 Nov 2024
Answer
27 Nov 2024 · 15 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department issues on the conduct of meetings between Ministers and business representatives where such business representatives have paid money to the governing party to facilitate the meeting.

  2. 14 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 27 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    There is longstanding guidance on meetings between ministers and external organisations which is set out in the Ministerial Code.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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