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USA: Intelligence Services

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled Answered 9 September 2025UIN 72095

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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the cancellation by the CIA in the United States of the appointment of Tom Sylvester as the London chief of stati

Answered by Stephen Doughty

It is a longstanding policy of successive governments not to comment on intelligence matters.

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