Asked by: Paul Holmes (Conservative - Hamble Valley)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) the Prime Minister and (b) the Prime Minister’s officials had discussions with the (i) the Home Department, (ii) Attorney General and (iii) Metropolitan Police on Special Escort Group policing for (A) Taylor Swift and (B) her entourage.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The safety of the British public is the first priority of this Government. We make no apologies for ensuring citizens are protected.
It is entirely right that for major events in the capital, the Government has a dialogue with the Metropolitan Police and Mayor to discuss planning to ensure events happen safely. Operational decisions on security arrangements are made by the police, independent of politicians.
It is long-standing policy not to provide detailed information on security arrangements, as doing so could compromise their integrity and affect individuals’ security.
Asked by: Paul Holmes (Conservative - Hamble Valley)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans the Government has for revising his policy on accepting hospitality from the (a) football and (b) music industry.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
I refer the hon. Member to the answers by my hon. Friend, the Minister without Portfolio, during the Urgent Question, Reporting Ministerial Gifts and Hospitality, on 14 October 2024, Official Report, Columns 594-602.
Asked by: Paul Holmes (Conservative - Hamble Valley)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether planned revised guidance on Ministers accepting hospitality from the (a) football and (b) music industry will apply to specialist advisers.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
Ministerial Code guidance on hospitality applies to ministers.
The Code of Conduct for Special Advisers sets out the requirements for Special Advisers in respect of hospitality. .
Asked by: Paul Holmes (Conservative - Hamble Valley)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister has had discussions with (a) the Premier League and (b) football clubs on (i) statutory football regulation and (ii) the taxation of football clubs.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
Ministerial meetings with external organisations will be published in the usual way on gov.uk as part of the government’s transparency agenda.
Asked by: Paul Holmes (Conservative - Hamble Valley)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister without Portfolio during the debate on Reporting Ministerial Gifts and Hospitality of 14 October 2024, Official Report, column 594, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including in the planned update to the Ministerial Code or proposed new guidance a financial (a) threshold and (b) test for the acceptance of donations, gifts and hospitality by a Minister after which that Minister should themselves from the issues relating to the business or policy area of the donor.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
As set out by the Minister without Portfolio, the updated Ministerial Code will be published in due course. It will include details of a new Register of Ministers' Gifts and Hospitality, which will bring the publication of ministerial transparency data more closely into line with the parliamentary regime for gifts and hospitality.
Asked by: Paul Holmes (Conservative - Hamble Valley)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions (a) the Prime Minister has and (b) the Prime Minister’s officials have had with representatives of Universal Music Publishing Group since 4 July 2024.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
As was the practice under the previous Administration, information about official ministerial meetings with external organisations and individuals will be published as part of the Cabinet Office transparency returns and made available on the GOV.UK website.