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Government Departments: Political Activities

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 13 May 2025UIN 49054

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April 2025 to Question 41110 on Government departments: political activities, whether there are limits on the amount of party political content that Ministers can deliver in speeches

Answered by Georgia Gould

While guidance is not expressed in terms of specific limits, the primary purpose of any ministerial speech must be government business and the essential nature of the speech should not be party political.

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