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Richard Burgon Excerpts
Tuesday 2nd December 2025

(1 day, 6 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Seema Malhotra Portrait Seema Malhotra
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This Government support UK businesses to do business with China while being open-eyed to any risks.

Richard Burgon Portrait Richard Burgon (Leeds East) (Lab)
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On Donald Trump’s threats of military action against oil-rich Venezuela, reports suggest that British military personnel are aboard the US warships heading towards Venezuela. Will the Foreign Secretary therefore make it clear that Britain will have no involvement at all, including through troops on US warships, in any Trump-led military intervention there?

Stephen Doughty Portrait Stephen Doughty
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As the Foreign Secretary made clear a moment ago, the UK is not involved in these operations. There have been reports overnight, of which we do not know the full details and which the US will respond to. We have been very clear that we expect all nations to operate in line with international law.