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<p>It is the responsibility of individual ministers to decide what answers they give
to Questions for Written Answer (QWAs), and they are of course accountable to the
House for those answers. The importance of this direct accountability is such that
I recently decided, following the introduction of a new system for answering QWAs
electronically, to require Ministers in this House to continue providing personally
signed answers to noble Lords. The Ministerial Code states that “It is of paramount
importance that Ministers give accurate and truthful information to Parliament”.</p><p>
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