Monday 5th January 2026

(3 days, 22 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Yvette Cooper Portrait Yvette Cooper
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Yes is the answer to the hon. Member’s questions. We are continuing to raise and promote international law through the United Nations and the Security Council; we are continuing to raise the importance of international law with the US Administration on a range of issues; and we are continuing to argue for a democratic transition in which Venezuelan assets should be used for the Venezuelan people.

Kim Johnson Portrait Kim Johnson (Liverpool Riverside) (Lab)
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If the Foreign Secretary believes that the rules-based order is important, why have she and the Prime Minister not condemned the actions of Trump? Does she agree that he is nothing more than a megalomaniac and that this is imperialism by another name?