Question follow-through · 16968

Select Committees: Parliamentary Scrutiny

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the First Report of Session 2023–24 of the Liaison Committee, Promoting national strategy: How select committee scrutiny can improve strategic thinking in Whitehall, HC 31, published on 29 May

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
29 Nov 2024
Target answer date
3 Dec 2024
Answer
9 Dec 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the First Report of Session 2023–24 of the Liaison Committee, Promoting national strategy: How select committee scrutiny can improve strategic thinking in Whitehall, HC 31, published on 29 May

  2. 3 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    The Government is considering the Liaison Committee's report and looks forward to discussing it with the incoming Chair once elected.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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