Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 900128

Tabled: 21 May 2026
Answered: 1 June 2026
Named Day

Question

Christine Jardine

Liberal DemocratEdinburgh West

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of increasing levels of defence co-operation with the EU.

Answer

Al Carns
There is no European security without the UK. With our rapidly deployable capabilities and nuclear deterrent, we are a critical component of European Defence against an increasingly aggressive Russia. That is why, in May 2025, the UK and EU agreed a landm...

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