Attorney General written question – answered at on 28 July 2025.
Richard Holden
Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
To ask the Solicitor General, what guidance has been posted on the Government Legal Service intranet since July 2024.
Lucy Rigby
The Solicitor-General
The Government Legal Service no longer exists and has been replaced by the Government Legal Profession (GLP).
The GLP produces guidance to assist government lawyers as they work closely with ministers, policy makers and other professionals.
Lawyers across government have an important role in helping the Government deliver its manifesto and run effective public services.
Since July 2024, the following guidance has been published on the GLP intranet:
17/10/2024
Working with Legislation - Westlaw Edge UK
11/2024
Attorney General’s Guidance on Legal Risk
02/2025
Knowledge Sharing Across the GLP
Legal Professional Privilege
Being an Effective Government lawyer
12/02/2025
Legal Professional Privilege Guidance - Sharing Advice Across the GLP
20/05/2025
New legal awareness slides on producing Statutory Instruments
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The Attorney General, assisted by the Solicitor General, is the chief legal adviser to the Government. The Attorney General also has certain public interest functions, for example, in taking action to protect charities.
The Attorney General has overall responsibility for The Treasury Solicitor's Department, superintends the Director of Public Prosecutions as head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), the Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and the Director of Public Prosecutions in Northern Ireland. The Law Officers answer for these Departments in Parliament.
The Attorney General and the Solicitor General also deal with questions of law arising on Government Bills and with issues of legal policy. They are concerned with all major international and domestic litigation involving the Government and questions of European Community and International Law as they may affect Her Majesty's Government.
see also, http://www.lslo.gov.uk/
