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HL HL7814
Ministers: Codes of Practice
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22 May 2025
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To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office on 14 January (HC22186), whether the Ministerial Code permits Ministers to depart from international law when it is in the UK national inte
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22 May 2025
Written question
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office on 14 January (HC22186), whether the Ministerial Code permits Ministers to depart from international law when it is in the UK national inte
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4 June 2025
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Paragraph 1.6 of the Ministerial Code states that "The Ministerial Code should be read against the background of the overarching duty on ministers to comply with the law, including international law and treaty obligations, and to protect the integrit...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-05-22/HL7814
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1805915
- uk · wq-1805915 · source updated 4 June 2025