Question follow-through · 20285
Written Questions: Government Responses
To ask the Leader of the House, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the Government's compliance with section 9.8 of the Ministerial Code in the context of answers provided to written parliamentary questions.
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- Answering body
- Leader of the House
- Tabled
- 16 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 19 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 19 Dec 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Leader of the House, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the Government's compliance with section 9.8 of the Ministerial Code in the context of answers provided to written parliamentary questions.
19 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Dec 2024
Answer published
Parliament has a right to hold Ministers to account. I have written to all members of Cabinet to remind Ministers of their responsibilities to provide helpful and timely responses to Members' PQs.As a member of the Procedure Committee, the hon. Member wil...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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