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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-05-02more like thismore than 2019-05-02
answering body
Cabinet Office more like this
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 National Security Council: Disclosure of Information more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the metropolitan police require a referral from the Cabinet Office in order to launch a criminal investigation into the unauthorised disclosure of information relating to Huawei from a meeting of the National Security Council. more like this
tabling member constituency West Bromwich East remove filter
tabling member printed
Tom Watson more like this
uin 250480 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-05-09more like thismore than 2019-05-09
answer text <p>The policy of Government is as set out in Paragraph 21 ‘Official information: standards of conduct and procedures’ and states, &quot;The police are entirely operationally independent of Government and have the right and duty to investigate criminal activity wherever it occurs. No part of Government is above the law. In respect of unauthorised disclosure of official information under, for example, the Official Secrets Act, if the police find evidence of a suspected breach of the criminal law, it is entirely within the powers of the police to begin an investigation under their own auspices, whether or not the Government has raised the incident with them.&quot;</p><p> </p><p>A copy is in the Library of the House and is available at https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/228774/7863.pdf</p> more like this
answering member constituency Aylesbury more like this
answering member printed Mr David Lidington remove filter
question first answered
less than 2019-05-09T09:45:51.357Zmore like thisremove minimum value filter
answering member
15
label Biography information for Sir David Lidington more like this
tabling member
1463
label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest more like this