Freedom of Information Request
As of August 2012, the Information Commissioner has ordered that previously secret internal government documents regarding the procedures relating to the operation of the Queen's and Prince's Consent must be made public. This led to speculation in the press, particularly The Guardian newspaper, that a hitherto secret royal power had been uncovered, and this led to accusations of scandal. However, as the references in this article show, Queen's and Prince's Consent are legal, conventional and longstanding parts of the workings of Parliament and they are fully publicised when consent is either given or not given, through explicit announcements in the UK and Scottish Parliaments in relation to the Bills that they apply to.
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