Question follow-through · 13199
Global Counsel
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, With reference to the letter from The Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP to the Prime Minister, published 10 June 2026, if he will name the Global Counsel employee recommended by Lord Mandelson.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 25 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 29 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 6 Jul 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, With reference to the letter from The Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP to the Prime Minister, published 10 June 2026, if he will name the Global Counsel employee recommended by Lord Mandelson.
29 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Jul 2026
Answer published
In line with Cabinet Office guidance on the publication of transparency data for Ministers' meetings, DBT publishes the name of the organisation, or organisations, represented and does not include personal data.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998
7 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many claims have been brought under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 since July 2024, relating to which public body in each case, and how many have succeeded.