Question follow-through · 5580
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: UK Soft Power Council
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions a) Ministers and b) officials in her Department have had with the Soft Power Council.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 1 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 10 Jun 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions a) Ministers and b) officials in her Department have had with the Soft Power Council.
3 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Jun 2026
Answer published
Since the Soft Power Council was established in January 2025, it has met four times. Information about the Soft Power Council and its meetings is available on GOV.UK, including meeting dates, terms of reference, and abridged minutes of discussions.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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