Lord Mandelson Humble Address: Government Response Update

Kieran Mullan Excerpts

Monday 27th April 2026 Commons Chamber

[Darren Jones]

Redactions are done in line with the policy I set out previously.

[Dr Kieran Mullan (Bexhill and Battle) (Con)]

I politely say that the Minister’s overly sincere, butter-wouldn’t-melt-in-his-mouth act is beginning to wear thin—the way he suggests that the process he is going through has not put a foot wrong. He has repeatedly failed to answer questions that I put to him with candour around Mandelson, despite the fact that this evening we will pass a Bill that makes it law for Ministers to answer questions.

Can I follow up on the questions around mobile phones? Ministers will be asked whether they have any communications left on their personal phones. Are they also being asked to tell you, and will we be told, if those messages have disappeared because they have disappearing messages on their phones?

[Madam Deputy Speaker (Ms Nusrat Ghani)]

Order. Let us keep our questions short and omit the word “you” because I am not responding.