| Heading: |
Ministers: Codes of Practice |
| Question ID: |
1728476 |
| UIN: |
4993 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-09-10 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4051 |
| Asking Member display name: |
John Glen
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| Asking Member handle: |
JohnGlenUK
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@JohnGlenUK
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his policy is on whether a Minister who is found by the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner to have broken the House of Commons Code of Conduct can remain a Minister. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2024-09-18 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5305 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Georgia Gould
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Georgia Gould
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Correcting Member display name: |
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| Correcting Member handle: |
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| Answer text: |
As the Ministerial Code sets out, “ministers only remain in office for so long as they retain the confidence of the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister is the ultimate judge of the standards of behaviour expected of a minister and the appropriate consequen... |
| Original answer text: |
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| Comparable answer text: |
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| Answering body ID: |
53 |
| Answering body name: |
Cabinet Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |