HC Deb 16 July 1998 vol 316 c252W
Mr. Peter Bottomley

To ask the Prime Minister if he will amend the Ministerial Code to place a requirement on Ministers to correct significant factual inaccuracies. [50532]

The Prime Minister

Paragraph 1 of the Ministerial Code requires Ministers to give accurate and truthful information to Parliament, correcting any inadvertent error at the earliest possible opportunity.