Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with the Leader of the House of Commons on (a) answering oral questions and (b) a select committee in relation to his role as Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister.

The Government has accepted the Second Permanent Secretary’s general findings in full and is in the course of making changes. Further details will be announced in due course.

I refer the Hon. Member back to the reply I gave to her on 7 February 2022 (Hansard volume 708, from column 695).