Question follow-through · 103325
Venezuela: Military Operations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions were held with the US Government on Venezuela ahead of their military operation.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 6 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 12 Jan 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
6 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions were held with the US Government on Venezuela ahead of their military operation.
8 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Jan 2026
Answer published
It has been the long-standing policy under successive governments not to comment on intelligence matters. But as the Foreign Secretary made clear in her statement to the House on 5 January, the UK Government had no advance knowledge of the operations to w...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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