Sentence examples for by the ministerial code from inspiring English sources

"Clearly all ministers will need to abide by the ministerial code," she added.

The convention that legal advice to the cabinet is never published is enforced by the ministerial code.

He said: "I am very clear, of course, that everybody in this government should abide by the very highest available standards and by the ministerial code, both the spirit and the letter, and that is exactly what the cabinet secretary has been asked to look into and to adjudicate on in his report".

We would make the ACMD properly independent and guarantee the independence and academic freedom of all scientific advisory committees by including in the ministerial code the Sense about Science-hosted principles without the Government's proposed adulteration.

An inquiry into whether the actions by Mr Davies had breached the Ministerial Code was conducted by Permanent Secretary Sir Derek Jones.

We just don't know". Lansley replied: "In this context, I suspect you would be better to instigate a search for the credibility of the first minister of Scotland". Salmond attempted to deflect their allegations by referring himself under the ministerial code.

BBC political editor Nick Robinson, Conservative deputy chairman Michael Fallon and Labour's Sadiq Khan reviewed Prime Minister's Questions dominated by exchanges over Jeremy Hunt, the Ministerial Code and the Leveson Inquiry.

Adam Werritty may be recalled for a second round of questions by the senior civil servants who are investigating breaches of the ministerial code by the defence secretary, Liam Fox.

He rejected accusations by veteran Conservative MP Christopher Chope that the Lib Dems had breached the ministerial code by not upholding collective responsibility - the principle that ministers must publicly support all governmental decisions made in cabinet.

Cameron again insisted it was better for Hunt's handling of the BSkyB bid to be examined under oath in public by the Leveson inquiry, rather than by the independent adviser on the ministerial code, Sir Alex Allan.

The ministerial adviser, a post established by Gordon Brown to allow an independent figure to investigate breaches of the ministerial code by ministers, has to wait for a case to be referred to him by the prime minister before mounting an investigation.