Greenland: Proposed US Tariffs

Lord Pannick Excerpts

Monday 19th January 2026 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab)]

I am afraid I am not responsible for interpreting statements of anybody other than myself.

[Lord Pannick (CB)]

Could the Minister confirm that, under the 1951 agreement between the US, Denmark and Greenland, the United States has considerable existing powers to establish military bases in Greenland? Has the Prime Minister emphasised this point to the President?