Written questions

Cyprus: Military Bases

Commons · Question 37396 · Tabled 11 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 18 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Euan Stainbank

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has received advice from the Attorney General on activity originating from military bases in Cyprus since July 2024.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Doughty, 18 Mar 2025

By long-standing convention, observed by successive Governments, the fact of, and substance of advice from, the law officers of the Crown is not disclosed outside government. This convention is referred to in paragraph [5.14] of the Ministerial Code [upda...