Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen on 12 July (HL1134), and in the light of the resignation of the UK ambassador to the EU, Sir Ivan Rogers, what steps they will take to ensure that all civil servants, including those employed in the diplomatic service, will work to carry out the decision to leave the EU.

The Civil Service Code requires civil servants to support the government of the day in developing and implementing its policies. This applies to all Government policies, including carrying out the decision to leave the European Union. The same requirement is set out in the Code of Conduct for members of the Diplomatic Service.