Papers direct to Cabinet

Papers are not usually submitted directly to Cabinet without having first been considered by a Cabinet committee. Exceptions are papers proposing or reporting on Ministers' overseas travel. 

Other papers are occasionally accepted for submission direct to Cabinet because they are particularly urgent or sensitive. Where a Minister wishes to submit a paper direct to Cabinet, the Minister's office should advise the Deputy Secretary of the Cabinet by midday on the preceding Wednesday for a Monday Cabinet meeting, and discuss whether it might be useful for the Minister to talk or write to the Prime Minister about submitting the paper direct to Cabinet.