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answer › question first answered	2024-03-12T17:39:23.26Z
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07/03/2024

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Attorney General

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Attorney General

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Attorney General

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Ministers: Defamation

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To ask the Attorney General, with reference to paragraphs 7.16 and 7.17 of the Ministerial Code, on how many occasions the Law Officers have been informed that ministers in other Government departments are the defendants in a libel action in (a) their personal capacity, (b) their official position and (c) both since 19 December 2019.

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Islington South and Finsbury

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Emily Thornberry

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is ministerial correction

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12/03/2024

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<p>I cannot answer your question as to do so would be in breach of the Law Officers’ Convention.</p><p>Paragraph 2.13 of the Ministerial Code clearly states that the fact that the Law Officers have advised or have not advised and the content of their advice must not be disclosed outside Government without their authority.</p>

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Banbury

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Victoria Prentis

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12/03/2024 17:39:23

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	label	Biography information for Emily Thornberry