Question follow-through · 68480

Government Legal Service

To ask the Solicitor General, what guidance has been posted on the Government Legal Service intranet since July 2024.

answeredAttorney General

About this written question

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Answering body
Attorney General
Tabled
16 Jul 2025
Target answer date
21 Jul 2025
Answer
28 Jul 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Solicitor General, what guidance has been posted on the Government Legal Service intranet since July 2024.

  2. 21 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The Government Legal Service no longer exists and has been replaced by the Government Legal Profession (GLP).The GLP produces guidance to assist government lawyers as they work closely with ministers, policy makers and other professionals.Lawyers across g...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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