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Lisa Smart

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Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Armed Forces Recruitment and Retention

Venezuela

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Middle East and North Africa
Monday 5th January 2026

(3 days, 20 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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We continue to support the UN charter, which is the foundation of our peace and security. We will continue to support it and its principles in all our international debates.

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I welcome the Foreign Secretary’s clarity on the UK’s approach to Greenland, which is that it is up to Greenlanders and Danes to determine its future, and no one else. Could she be equally clear on whether use of any US bases in the UK will be permitted in any potential military action towards Greenland?

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We do not want to see any military action in Greenland, and it should not arise, because this is a fellow NATO country. We are NATO members and we should work on our security together.

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