Oral QuestionForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.

Tabled: 14 January 2026Answered: 20 January 2026

Asked by

Mike Reader

LabourNorthampton South

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

Answer from Hansard

Yvette Cooper

I gather that that sentiment was also expressed by the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, who has been with us in Parliament over the last few days. I think there are many people on both sides of the Atlantic, across Europe and north America, who recognise the vital importance of our NATO alliance to keeping all of us safe.