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Cabinet Manual

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 23 June 2026UIN 11151

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department plans for the updated Cabinet Manual to seek to establish new conventions.

Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds

The Cabinet Manual is a record of fact that describes the existing laws, rules, and conventions affecting the operation of government. It does not create new rules or establish new conventions.

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