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date	20/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	George Osborne
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to prevent the right hon. Member for Tatton from accessing copies of Government, Cabinet or Cabinet Committee papers relating to the period when he was in the Government while he is the Editor of the London Evening Standard.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	68598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2017 answer text <p>It is a longstanding convention that former Ministers are allowed reasonable access to the papers that were issued to them when in office. However, such access is at the Government's discretion and is conditional on potential authors undertaking to comply with the Radcliffe principles. The detail of the Radcliffe principles can be found in the Directory of Civil Service (volume 2), which is available on G<a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">ov.uk</a>. I believe that the continued application of these provisions will provide the suitable reassurance that the Hon. Member is seeking.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 24/03/2017 12:17:26 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer previous answer version 41971 answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

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date	20/03/2017
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	George Osborne
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, whether the right hon. Member for Tatton will continue to (a) have access to Privy Council papers, (b) attend full meetings of the Privy Council and (c) receive sensitive information on Privy Counsellor terms after his appointment as Editor of the London Evening Standard.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	68599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>Only serving Government Ministers have a role in the Privy Council’s day-to-day business. Privy Counsellors who have left government do not attend Privy Council meetings, nor are they consulted on Privy Council business.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 23/03/2017 16:47:26 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest