Lord Mandelson Humble Address: Government Response Update

Perran Moon Excerpts

Monday 27th April 2026 Commons Chamber

[Darren Jones]

I refer to my previous answer about standing by the commitment made between the Government and the Committee. There is an established process for any disagreement through a redactions hearing.

[Perran Moon (Camborne and Redruth) (Lab)]

The worst outcome from this process is that a police investigation is compromised by materials making their way into the public domain before time. While Opposition MPs seek to rush this process through, can the Chief Secretary confirm that no documents of interest will be put in the public domain until they have been cleared by the Met police? [Interruption.] If Opposition Members want to know how Labour voters are going to vote tomorrow, they just need to join the Labour party.