Revision of the Cabinet Manual

Constitution Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 25 Mar 2021 Closed: 13 Jun 2023 Parliament page
The Cabinet Manual was first published in 2011 and provides authoritative guidance to ministers and officials by recording (rather than prescribing) rules and practice relating to the operation of government. The Manual is not intended to be a fixed text and is expected to adapt to legislative and constitutional developments. … Read more
1 Report
2 Oral sessions
5 Letters
2 Events
Activity timeline 11 events
15 Jun
2023
Correspondence
15 Jun
2023
Correspondence
6 Jun
2022
Correspondence
16 May
2022
Correspondence
8 Feb
2022
Report published
8 Jul
2021
Report published
17 May
2021
Oral evidence
17 May
2021
Correspondence
17 May
2021
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Virtual meeting (webcast)
26 Apr
2021
Oral evidence
26 Apr
2021
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Virtual meeting (webcast)
Oral evidence sessions 2 sessions
17 May 2021
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Simon Case · Cabinet Office
26 Apr 2021
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The Lord O'Donnell KG GCB · Cabinet Office The Lord Sedwill GCMG · Cabinet Office
Title HC No. Published Items Response
6th Report - Revision of the Cabinet Manual 8 Jul 2021 0 Responded
Correspondence 5 letters
15 Jun 2023 To committee Letter from Baroness Neville-Rolfe, Minister of State at the Cabinet Office, to Baroness Drake, Chair of the Constitution Committee, on the Cabinet Manual (12 June 2023)
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15 Jun 2023 To committee Letter from Simon Case, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, to Baroness Drake, Chair of the Constitution Committee, and William Wragg MP, Chair of the House of Commons' Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, on the Government's work to update the Cabinet Manual (13 June 2023)
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6 Jun 2022 To committee Letter from Lord True, Minister of State at the Cabinet Office, to Baroness Drake, Chair of the Constitution Committee, on the Cabinet Manual (1 June 2022)
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16 May 2022 To committee Letter from Baroness Drake, Chair of the Constitution Committee, to Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP, Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service and Minister for the Union, on the Government Response to the Committee's report on the Revision of the Cabinet Manual (6th Report, Session 2021–22, HL Paper 34) (16 May 2022)
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17 May 2021 To committee Letter from Rachel Hayward, Deputy Secretary of the New Zealand Cabinet to Baroness Taylor on the New Zealand Cabinet Manual
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