Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the letter from the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards to the Prime Minister on 14 January and to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on 23 January (HC24438), whether (1) the Cabinet Office Propriety and Ethics Team, and (2) the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards, had access to information held by (a) the International Anti-Corruption Coordinate Centre, (b) the International Centre for Asset Recovery, and (c) any other information stemming from the National Crime Agency’s support into tackling corruption in Bangladesh.

Tulip Siddiq MP referred herself to the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards on 6 January 2025. As is set out in the Independent Adviser’s terms of reference, “Information provided to the Independent Adviser for the purposes of their functions is provided in confidence” (paragraph 4.2).