Question follow-through · 101149
France: NATO
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she had with her French counterpart on nuclear support to NATO.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 17 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 6 Jan 2026 · 20 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she had with her French counterpart on nuclear support to NATO.
5 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Foreign Secretary regularly speaks to her French counterpart, including on matters relating to NATO defence. The NATO Strategic Concept states that the independent strategic nuclear forces of the United Kingdom and France have a deterrent role of thei...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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