Oral Question·Foreign, 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
Labour — Northampton 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.