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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-09-30more like thismore than 2019-09-30
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Cabinet Office remove filter
answering dept id 53 more like this
answering dept short name Cabinet Office more like this
answering dept sort name Cabinet Office more like this
hansard heading Dominic Cummings more like this
house id 1 more like this
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, under what authority Special Adviser Dominic Cummings has the ability to (a) hire and (b) dismiss staff from government departments. more like this
tabling member constituency Hampstead and Kilburn more like this
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Tulip Siddiq remove filter
uin 292306 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-10-03more like thismore than 2019-10-03
answer text <p>Special Advisers must adhere to the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers. As it states in the code of conduct, all Special Adviser appointments must be approved by the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister may terminate employment by withdrawing his consent to an individual appointment at any time.</p><p>Dominic Cummings operates under the authority of his appointing Minister, the Prime Minister. An area which the PM has asked Dominic Cummings to lead on is decisions concerning the management of Special Advisers.</p><p>As the code of conduct sets out, Special Advisers cannot exercise any power in relation to the management of any part of the Civil Service, except in relation to another Special Adviser.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Torbay more like this
answering member printed Kevin Foster remove filter
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label Biography information for Kevin Foster more like this
tabling member
4518
label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq more like this