Proceeding contribution from Martin Wrigley (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Commons on Monday, 19 January 2026. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Arctic Security.
Arctic Security
I agree with the Foreign Secretary that we should be working with our allies—I welcome that approach—but I fear that Donald Trump does not agree with her. What are the Government doing to harden our infrastructure? We are heavily dependent on several American IT systems, including Palantir, controlled by Peter Thiel, who is well inside the coterie of Donald Trump’s Administration. On sanctions, we have seen that they could switch off Microsoft’s provision of services to the International Criminal Court. Will the Government look into ensuring that Palantir is not a single point of failure in our critical systems—in the health service, defence, the Cabinet Office and now the police?
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- Proceeding contribution
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- 779 c72
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- 2024-26
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- House of Commons chamber
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- Defence International cooperation Germany Import duties France Finland Netherlands Arctic Military exercises Sovereignty Diplomatic relations Norway Security USA Sweden NATO Russia Greenland Denmark
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- 2026-06-25 08:23:47 +0100
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