There is a public interest in the confidentiality of cabinet discussions. It's how we make cabinet work, so there is a large public interest in maintaining the convention and the practice of cabinet confidentiality. There may be a specific public interest in an inquiry, a trial, criminal proceedings or something like that, so that's the judgment that has to be exercised about weighing one public interest against another public interest.
On March 19th, 2024. See this statement in context.