Question follow-through · 15719
Lord Mandelson
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who first suggested to the Prime Minister that Peter Mandelson should be appointed as Ambassador to the United States.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 3 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 7 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jul 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who first suggested to the Prime Minister that Peter Mandelson should be appointed as Ambassador to the United States.
7 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jul 2026
Answer published
I refer the Hon Member to the Government’s statement and release of information on 1st June, providing an update on the response to the Humble Address. The documents published in the first and second tranches contain the entirety of the documents the Gove...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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