As I said in my opening remarks, the Shawcross principle protects the unique role of the Attorney General to make decisions which are his or her responsibility. It also recognizes that the Attorney General is not an island, and that there are various kinds of considerations that an Attorney General would be wise to take into account. Lord Simon said in the famous quote on Shawcross that an Attorney General might be a fool not to take those into account. It recognizes that there will be conversations that need to happen on a variety of different issues. Once you take that into account, it is a question that will always have to be answered on the facts. Speculating further on what is appropriate or inappropriate would be impossible for me to do.
On February 21st, 2019. See this statement in context.