Question follow-through · 21997
Ministers: Convictions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will commit to ensuring new Ministerial appointments disclose a criminal conviction upon taking office.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 14 Sept 2026 · 17 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will commit to ensuring new Ministerial appointments disclose a criminal conviction upon taking office.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Sept 2026
Answer published
I refer the honourable member to the answer provided to UIN 75369.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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