My First Appearance at the Dispatch Box Cut Short by PMQs
Report back from Andy Slaughter, MP for Hammersmith and Chiswick
Andy Slaughter (furthest right) at the Mayor of Hounslow’s inaugural dinner
October 16, 2026
This week was my first appearance at the Despatch Box answering questions as Solicitor General on behalf of the Government.
The questions covered fraud, whistleblowers and jury trials. Our slot was right before Prime Minister’s Questions and so there wasn’t time to get to rural crime, pro bono work by lawyers, and joint enterprise, but those questions I have sent written answers to. Attorney General’s Questions is a 30-minute slot roughly once a month where the Attorney General and I can be asked anything about our duties by MPs from all parties. You can read all my contributions in parliament here.
The newest MP in Westminster, Sagal Abdi-Wali, arrived this week after her by-election win in Holborn and St Pancras on the 8th of October. Labour MPs gathered to welcome Sagal to Parliament and I am sure she will be a brilliant champion for her constituency.
I also attended the launch of a new report on how we make sure public inquiries like Grenfell and the Contaminated Blood Inquiry implement recommendations. The Prime Minster welcomed this approach in a reply to Kensington and Bayswater MP Joe Powell, who has Grenfell in his constituency, at PMQs on Wednesday. The police have now handed their evidence on Grenfell to the CPS who expect to make charging decisions before the 10th anniversary of the fire next summer.
I went to the Hammersmith Society AGM where the architectural awards were presented and the champion of the driverless pods for Hammersmith Bridge gave an excellent presentation.
I mentioned last week I was delighted to attend the Mayor of Hounslow’s inaugural dinner where we had a wonderful evening raising money for important charities. I wanted to share the below photo of the evening with the Mayor of Hounslow and the Deputy Lord Lieutenant.
Best wishes,
Andy
andy@andyslaughter.com
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