Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister plans to place the Ministerial Code on a statutory basis.

The Government is committed to restoring public confidence in government and ensuring that all of those in public service are held to the highest standards. We will take the time to consider the best means to deliver this.

When meeting with the new Cabinet for the first time, the Prime Minister was clear about the standards he expects of them and their ministerial teams. He will issue a Ministerial Code in due course which will set out the standards of behaviour expected of ministers.