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Government Departments: Official Hospitality

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 9 March 2026UIN 115835

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance the Propriety and Ethics Team has issued to Departments on accepting hospitality from consultant lobbyist firms.

Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds

The Ministerial Code sets out the principles ministers must consider when deciding whether to accept hospitality.

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