Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty's Government why the UK Endorsement Board is not using in-house counsel to instruct barristers for public interest legal advice; and why they are instead using Katherine Coates.
Procurement of legal advice is a matter for the UK Endorsement Board.
Any instructions to Counsel will be provided by in-house authorised persons at the UK Endorsement Board.