Lord Mandelson Humble Address Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office
Tuesday 9th June 2026

(1 month, 2 weeks ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent Portrait Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab)
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Lord Bellingham Portrait Lord Bellingham (Con)
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My Lords, when Morgan McSweeney appeared before the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, he said, “All of my messages concerning the Mandelson appointment will be published in the first round of publications”. Have they been?

Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent Portrait Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab)
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The noble Lord will be aware, as are all Members of your Lordships’ House, that Morgan McSweeney is no longer in post, and, with the greatest respect, neither I nor he would have known what was being published at any point in any such tranche. I reassure the House that the Government have complied with the humble Address but, as was previously set out, it remains the case that a subset of documents is subject to an ongoing police investigation.