Source · Select Committees · Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Recommendation 11
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Government must balance legitimate policy 'trailing' with substantive media leaks to avoid breaches.
Conclusion
Careful regard needs to be given by government to the balance between a legitimate trailing of a statement and the deliberate or inadvertent provision of information to the media that is so substantive that it could be considered a breach of the general principle set out in the Ministerial Code. (Conclusion, Paragraph 39) 35
Government Response
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