Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Lord McLoughlin Excerpts
Wednesday 5th July 2017

(6 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Luke Hall Portrait Luke Hall (Thornbury and Yate) (Con)
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T5. Will Ministers assure the House that all relevant Government Departments will be consulted to ensure that the domestic implications of Brexit are properly considered?

Lord McLoughlin Portrait The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Sir Patrick McLoughlin)
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The Cabinet Office plays an important role in ensuring that Government business is effectively co-ordinated, including on important issues around Brexit. Cabinet Office Ministers are working closely with colleagues in the Department for Exiting the European Union and others across Whitehall to ensure that we get the best deal for the whole United Kingdom.

Chi Onwurah Portrait Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central) (Lab)
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T2. The Government’s coalition of chaos extends, unfortunately, as far as cyber-security, with responsibility shared between the Cabinet Office, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, the Home Office and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Can the Minister tell me the prevalence of XP machines in the Government estate, the public sector and the private sector, and what she is doing to reduce it?