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Elon Musk

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will have discussions with President-Elect Trump on comments made by Elon Musk via social media posts about the UK Government.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 14 Jan 2025
Target answer date: 16 Jan 2025
Answer: 23 Jan 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

14 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will have discussions with President-Elect Trump on comments made by Elon Musk via social media posts about the UK Government.
16 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Foreign Secretary is looking forward to meeting President-elect Trump again at the earliest opportunity. It would be wrong to pre-empt the detail of those conversations. The UK-US relationship is built on a foundation of our deep security, military an...

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