COVID-M2.13
Response
Not Applicable
NI Executive Confidentiality Duty
Recommendation
The Executive Office should amend the Ministerial Code to impose a duty of confidentiality on ministers that prohibits the disclosure of the individual views of ministers expressed during meetings of the Northern Ireland Executive Committee.
Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
- This recommendation is addressed to the Northern Ireland Executive Office, not the UK government.
- The UK government stated in its Module 2 response (25 March 2026) that this recommendation is not for it to respond to (UK Government Response to the Covid-19 Inquiry Module 2 Report, CP 1534, 25 March 2026).
- No published response from the Northern Ireland Executive Office has been identified.
- The UK government stated in its Module 2 response (25 March 2026) that this recommendation is not for it to respond to (UK Government Response to the Covid-19 Inquiry Module 2 Report, CP 1534, 25 March 2026).
- No published response from the Northern Ireland Executive Office has been identified.
Sources
How was this evidence gathered?
Evidence searched by Claude (Anthropic) on 10 Apr 2026
Checked data held on this site (government responses, progress updates, independent evidence)
Jurisdiction
Northern Ireland
Response
Not Applicable
Response
Not Applicable
Not Applicable
UK Government
Initial Response
20 Nov 2025
This recommendation is not for the UK government to respond to.
No Published Response
Northern Ireland Executive
Follow-up
20 Nov 2025
No formal response published by this government.
Not Applicable
UK Government
Follow-up
25 Mar 2026
This recommendation is not for the UK government to respond to.
Progress Timeline
Official Report
20 Nov 2025
Status: Pending. No government response yet received. Module 2 report published 20 November 2025.
Responsible Bodies
The Executive Office
Primary
Themes & Tags
Recommendation age
0.5 yr
Last formal update
25 Mar 2026