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Question for Leader of the House

UIN 203894, tabled on 3 July 2014

Question

Meg Hillier
Labour
Hackney South and Shoreditch
Commons

To ask the Leader of the House, what guidance he has given to his ministerial colleagues about providing substantive answers to written questions.

Answer

Mr Andrew Lansley
Conservative
South Cambridgeshire
Commons

Answered on

8 July 2014

I regularly remind ministerial colleagues of their obligations to give accurate and truthful information to Parliament as set out in the Ministerial Code.

The Office of the Leader of the House of Commons provides guidance to all Departments on the practice of answering Parliamentary Questions. The guidance advises that all Parliamentary Questions should be accurate, brief and clear.

The full Guide is available on the Cabinet Office website at:

http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guide-to-parliamentary-work

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