Question follow-through · 76593

Disinformation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to ensure (a) Rt hon. and hon. Members and (b) other elected representatives are held to account for (i) misleading the public and (ii) repeating inaccurate information.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
11 Sept 2025
Target answer date
16 Sept 2025
Answer
26 Sept 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to ensure (a) Rt hon. and hon. Members and (b) other elected representatives are held to account for (i) misleading the public and (ii) repeating inaccurate information.

  2. 16 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 26 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    Honesty is one of the Seven Principles of Public Life, which form the ethical basis of officeholders' standards in public life. All officeholders, including MPs and other elected representatives, have a responsibility to provide accurate information to th...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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