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Collective Responsibility

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 22 April 2026UIN 126080

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his Department’s press release entitled Ministers rip up consultation culture, published on 26 March 2026, what the new process will be for collective Cabinet agreement of government policy.

Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds

The Cabinet Office has launched a programme of work to simplify the state, removing unnecessary bureaucracy and speeding up the timeline from ministerial decision to delivery for citizens, including through the process for collective agreement of government policy.

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