Question follow-through · 1237
Former Ministers: Departmental Records
To ask the Solicitor General, what guidance she has issued to Departments on whether former Ministers should be consulted before internal Ministerial papers are shared with the courts.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Attorney General
- Tabled
- 14 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 May 2026
- Answer
- 21 May 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
14 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Solicitor General, what guidance she has issued to Departments on whether former Ministers should be consulted before internal Ministerial papers are shared with the courts.
18 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 May 2026
Answer published
The Solicitor General has not issued any guidance to Departments on whether former Ministers should be consulted before internal Ministerial papers are shared with the courts.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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