Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will have discussions with President-Elect Trump on comments made by Elon Musk via social media posts about the UK Government.

The Foreign Secretary is looking forward to meeting President-elect Trump again at the earliest opportunity. It would be wrong to pre-empt the detail of those conversations. The UK-US relationship is built on a foundation of our deep security, military and intelligence links, as well as our unique cultural and people-to-people ties. And this close relationship between the US and the UK means that where we disagree, we can have frank and open conversations. The Foreign Secretary has said he disagrees with Elon Musk's comments about Security Minister Jess Phillips. No one has done more to protect women and girls.