Question follow-through · 27463
Ministerial Duties
To ask the Attorney General, what advice have the Law Officers given on the personal legal liability of a Secretary of State for actions of their department; and what legal indemnifications are in place for Ministers.
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- Answering body
- Attorney General's Office
- Tabled
- 7 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 22 Sept 2026 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Attorney General, what advice have the Law Officers given on the personal legal liability of a Secretary of State for actions of their department; and what legal indemnifications are in place for Ministers.
9 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Law Officers’ Convention applies to advice which may or may not have been given by the Law Officers, or requested of the Law Officers, and the Convention applies to your question. The Law Officers’ Convention can be found at paragraph 21.27 of Erskine...
Official data retrieved 25 Sept 2026.
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