Question follow-through · 24087

USA: Diplomatic Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the US Ambassador on comments about Ministers by members of the incoming US Administration.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 14 Jan 2025
Target answer date: 17 Jan 2025
Answer: 17 Jan 2025 · 3 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, whether he has had discussions with the US Ambassador on comments about Ministers by members of the incoming US Administration.
17 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Jan 2025
Answer published
We thank US Ambassador Jane Hartley for her years of service to furthering the UK-US relationship before her departure from the UK. The Foreign Secretary last met with the Ambassador on 5 December. They discussed a range of issues relating to the UK-US re...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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