Lord Campbell of Croyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they have decided to depart from the practice of governments in the past of providing information to the media about meetings of the Cabinet, including when and where the meetings were held and who attended them. [HL4641]
§ The Lord Privy Seal (Lord Williams of Mostyn)Successive administrations have regarded the ability of Ministers to meet and discuss policy issues in private to be essential for effective decision making. It has therefore never been the practice of governments to publish formal details of Cabinet meetings on a systematic basis.