Question follow-through · 86672
Palantir
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2025 to Question 77563 on Palantir, whether the visit to Palantir was arranged through Global Counsel; and whether Lord Mandelson was involved in
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 30 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 7 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2025 to Question 77563 on Palantir, whether the visit to Palantir was arranged through Global Counsel; and whether Lord Mandelson was involved in
3 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Nov 2025
Answer published
Officials from our Embassy in Washington arranged this trip in the normal way.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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