Ministry of Justice: Disclosure of Information

(asked on 21st December 2017) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the extent to which non-disclosure agreements are being used to conceal actions that are against civil or criminal law.


Answered by
Lucy Frazer Portrait
Lucy Frazer
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
This question was answered on 15th January 2018

Non-disclosure agreements are used in a wide range of commercial and non-commercial situations. They do not override the criminal law. I would encourage anyone who believes that a criminal offence has been committed to report the matter to the police.

In view of concerns about non-disclosure agreements the Government has committed to look at the structures around them and the evidence that is coming forward about how they are being used.

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