Oral Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
“What diplomatic steps his Department is taking to strengthen relations with Commonwealth countries.”
Tabled: 25 January 2023Answered: 31 January 2023
Asked by
Dr Luke Evans
Conservative — Hinckley and Bosworth
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Answer from Hansard
John Healey
The strongest argument for saying that there needs to be UK collaboration and co-operation with the EU and across Europe is that some of our best capabilities, from the Typhoon and the Meteor to Storm Shadow, have been developed through multinational efforts including the UK. It is that sort of collaboration that we want to secure for the future, and the EU White Paper gives us a basis for starting to negotiate that.