Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 107670

USA: Armed Forces

Tabled: 22 January 2026

Answered: 27 January 2026

Named Day

Question

Jeremy Corbyn

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether agreements between the United States and United Kingdom on the presence of US military forces in Britain place restrictions on the ability of the US to deploy nuclear weapons in Britain.

Answer

Luke Pollard

The terms, conditions and jurisdiction considerations that govern the US – and any other visiting NATO force permanently based in the UK – are enshrined in the NATO Status of Forces Agreement (1951), which is embedded into UK law by the Visiting Forces Ac...

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