Question follow-through · 22146
USA: Intelligence Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with representatives of the Five Eyes on the potential implications for that community of President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to appoint Tulsi Gabbard as US Director of National Int
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 6 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 14 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with representatives of the Five Eyes on the potential implications for that community of President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to appoint Tulsi Gabbard as US Director of National Int
8 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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14 Jan 2025
Answer published
The US is our closest security ally and, as you would expect, we maintain an open and ongoing dialogue on a range of defence issues. The intelligence we share bilaterally and through alliances such as the Five Eyes is fundamental to our own national secur...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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