Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the Part of a Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons dated 4 February 2026 relating to the appointment of Lord Mandelson as HM Ambassador to Washington, Volume 1, HC1774-I, 11 March 2026, whether (a) advice provided by special advisers and (b) decisions made by the Prime Minister were communicated (i) in Whatsapp messages and (ii) through billet doux.

I refer the Hon Member to the Government's statement and release of information on 11th March,and the Oral Statement on the 27 April providing an update on the response to the Humble Address. All relevant stakeholders who had to consider submissions to the Humble Address process have been told that includes their personal devices and personal channels as well as any Government-owned devices and Government channels.