It also said that the article suggested the Attorney General’s office lobbied the Speaker to block the debate, which was untrue. During IPSO’s investigation, the publication said that the claim that the Attorney General’s office had made representations to the Speaker’s Office came from an extremely well-placed source. The publication said it had checked its information with the Attorney General’s office prior to publication, which had not disputed that it had made representations to the Speaker’s Office. In this correspondence, the Attorney General’s office had stated that it was for the Speaker’s Office to provide comment, but that it would note that making representations about urgent questions was not irregular. It had, similarly, contacted the Attorney General’s office.

Source: Daily Mail March 12, 2026 13:06 UTC