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Global Counsel: Palantir

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 8 September 2026UIN 21147

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the answer of 28 April 2026 to Question 129003 on Global Counsel: Palantir, whether the Department had any correspondence with Global Counsel in the period that Lord Mandelson was Ambassador to the United States.

Answered by Ministry of Defence

According to all available records, the Ministry of Defence had no formal correspondence with Global Counsel at that time.

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