All Cabinet Ministers and other senior ministers are still sworn in as Privy Counsellors for life. The oath (which dates back to the thirteenth-century and has been described as Britain's oldest secrecy provision) commits them to keep all advice to the monarch secret.
...this initiation ceremony, known as 'signing the Official Secrets Act', has no legal force; everyone is bound by the Act whether they sign the form… - Clive Ponting
...this initiation ceremony, known as 'signing the Official Secrets Act', has no legal force; everyone is bound by the Act whether they sign the form…
- Clive Ponting
All Cabinet Ministers and other senior ministers are still sworn in as Privy Counsellors for life. The oath (which dates back to the thirteenth-centu… - Clive Ponting
All Cabinet Ministers and other senior ministers are still sworn in as Privy Counsellors for life. The oath (which dates back to the thirteenth-centu…
Despite the creations of new sections, secret intelligence activity remained mistrusted and neglected in military circles, although there were a few … - Clive Ponting
Despite the creations of new sections, secret intelligence activity remained mistrusted and neglected in military circles, although there were a few …
...a Conservative backbencher called Margaret Thatcher managed, despite front bench opposition, to get enacted her Public Bodies (Admission to Meetin… - Clive Ponting
...a Conservative backbencher called Margaret Thatcher managed, despite front bench opposition, to get enacted her Public Bodies (Admission to Meetin…
Until the late-nineteenth-century the House of Commons maintained a formal ban on the reporting of its debates. - Clive Ponting
Until the late-nineteenth-century the House of Commons maintained a formal ban on the reporting of its debates.
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