§ Mr. FabricantTo ask the President of the Council what steps she is taking to ensure that Government initiatives are announced in the House before being released to the Press. [25364]
§ Mrs. Ann TaylorDue to the administrative error following the transfer of this Parliamentary Question, this answer is unacceptably late and apologies have been conveyed for this.
I can assure the hon. Member that I regularly remind Ministers that, as set out in the Ministerial Code (July 1997), they should bear in mind the desire of Parliament that the most important announcements of Government policy should be made in the first instance in Parliament.