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Government Departments: Written Questions

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeLeader of the HouseTabled Answered 6 February 2025UIN 27917

The question

To ask the Leader of the House, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2025 to Question 24243 on Government Departments: Written Questions, if she will publish that letter.

Answered by Lucy Powell

It is a long-established precedent that internal government correspondence is not normally shared publicly.

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