Written Questions: Government Responses
The question
To ask the Leader of the House, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the Government's compliance with section 9.8 of the Ministerial Code in the context of answers provided to written parliamentary questions.
Answered by Lucy Powell
Parliament has a right to hold Ministers to account. I have written to all members of Cabinet to remind Ministers of their responsibilities to provide helpful and timely responses to Members' PQs.
As a member of the Procedure Committee, the hon. Member will be aware that the Committee has a keen interest in the timeliness and quality of PQ responses, and will have seen the recent government response to the predecessor Committee’s report on the 2022-23 session (available at: https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/45585/documents/225592/default/). I look forward to working with the hon. Member and the Committee on this important matter.
As I have previously said, I encourage hon. Members to raise any specific issues they may have with myself and my office.
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