Business of the House

Andrew Snowden Excerpts

Thursday 26th March 2026 Commons Chamber

[Sir Alan Campbell]

My hon. Friend is a tireless campaigner on these matters, and I thank her for that. I will not speculate on what might or might not be in the King’s Speech, but I will certainly draw her remarks to the attention of the Ministry of Defence.

[Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde) (Con)]

Morgan McSweeney resigned from the Government in disgrace over his role in the Mandelson scandal. The key word is “resigned”—he was not made redundant. I have been asking the Cabinet Office whether he has received a taxpayer-funded cash payout from the Government as part of his deal for exiting No. 10. I asked a named day written parliamentary question the day after he resigned, and the question was ignored. I asked another named day written parliamentary question that was due an answer on Monday, and it was ignored. I raised a point of order on the Floor of the House yesterday, and I have still heard nothing. It is a straightforward question: either he did receive a cash payout for leaving No. 10, or he did not. If he did, how much was it? The Government have had six weeks to provide this information, and I have made three formal attempts to get them to do so. Does the Leader of the House think that is acceptable?

[Mr Speaker]

Order. We still have a lot of Members to get in. The hon. Gentleman is clearly riled by this issue and keeps raising it, so he might be better off applying for an Adjournment debate.