Question
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will publish the membership, terms of reference, and proposed reporting timelines of the cross-government task and finish group examining the issue of large domestic political donations announced at Commo
Answer
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 10 November to Question 36669 .
Verdict: RED (15/100)
The reply does not answer any of the three parts of the question on its own. Each part (whether the membership of the task and finish group will be published, whether its terms of reference will be published, and what its reporting timelines are) is met only with a reference to an earlier answer, which is not reproduced here. A member of the public reading this reply would not learn whether this information will be published or when, so a follow-up question would likely be needed.
How we got there
| Question item | Coverage | Specificity | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|
| Will the Government publish the membership of the cross-government task and finish group examining large domestic political donations? | Partially Addressed | Generic | The only statement is a bare referral to an earlier answer (Question 36669) that is not reproduced here, so the reply itself gives no information on whether or what membership of the task and finish group will be published. |
| Will the Government publish the terms of reference of the cross-government task and finish group examining large domestic political donations? | Partially Addressed | Generic | The reply only points to a previous answer and says nothing itself about whether the terms of reference will be published, so the item is not substantively answered within this reply. |
| Will the Government publish the proposed reporting timelines of the cross-government task and finish group examining large domestic political donations? | Partially Addressed | Generic | The reply refers to an earlier answer without stating any reporting timelines or whether they will be published, so the item is not substantively addressed by this reply alone. |