Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 63168

Indo-Pacific Region: Aircraft Carriers

Tabled: 26 June 2025

Answered: 3 July 2025

Question

Ben Obese-Jecty

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the policy paper entitled UK-France Joint Leaders' Declaration, published on 23 March 2023, what steps he has taken to demonstrate the sequencing of a more persistent European carrier strike gro

Answer

Maria Eagle

The UK and France, along with Italy, have jointly sequenced aircraft carrier deployments, including coordinating the deployment of HMS Prince of Wales with France's Charles de Gaulle and Italy's Cavour, to strengthen European naval presence in the Indo-Pa...

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