Lord Mandelson
The question
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to 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 II Part I, HC2-I, published on 1 June 2026, pages 157-161, if he will ask the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists to review whether Global Counsel properly registered its direct contact with Ministers.
Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds
Global Counsel was registered with the Office of the Register of Consultist Lobbyists, on its Register from 10 August 2016.
During the period referred to (at pages 157-161 of 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 II Part I, HC2-I), Global Counsel was registered as representing a number of clients on whose behalf it carried out activity that required registration with ORCL.
Details can be found on ORCL’s website here:
https://orcl.my.site.com/CLR_Public_Profile?id=0012400000jjVOzAAM
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