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	registered interest
	date	03/05/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Official Secrets Act 1989
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the recent alleged disclosure of information from the National Security Council, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Official Secrets Act.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	250769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>The policy responsibility for the operation of the Official Secrets Acts is a matter for the Cabinet Office.</p><p> </p><p>The Attorney General’s role in respect of the Official Secrets Act is confined to granting consent to prosecute as defined in that Act.</p> answering member constituency Torridge and West Devon answering member printed Mr Geoffrey Cox question first answered 09/05/2019 15:01:08 answering member 1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

77339

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Official Secrets Act 1989
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Government's policy is on waiving the obligations of officials under the Official Secrets Acts when they (a) provide evidence to official inquiries and (b) provide information privately to hon. Members.
	tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
	tabling member printed	John Mann
	uin	205437
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The obligations under the Official Secrets Act apply at all times.</p><p>Provision may be made for protected disclosures in certain circumstances.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 21/07/2014 13:57:39 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann