Ministers: Email

(asked on 24th February 2021) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the practice of journalists offering ministers a "right of reply" to a story by email correspondence; whether such correspondence is considered to be confidential; and, if so, whether such confidentiality is in the public interest.


Answered by
Lord True Portrait
Lord True
Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal
This question was answered on 15th March 2021

It is not for the government to comment on the journalistic practice of offering a right of reply, and the confidentiality of such correspondence.

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