United Kingdom Military Installations Debate
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Fred Thomas
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United Kingdom Military Installations
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Luke Pollard
The Defence Secretary has already set out that we have been in discussions with the United States for some time. The movement of US aircraft is a matter for the United States.
Fred Thomas (Plymouth Moor View) (Lab)
I thank the Minister for his continued work to increase the readiness of this country to protect ourselves not just abroad, but at home. Can I ask about the enduring close relationship with the United States of America? We have seen a joint police and intelligence-led arrest this week, and we continue to work extremely closely together. In the Minister’s portfolio of readiness across the MOD, can he give us an example of how closely we are working and continue to work with our ally, the United States of America?
Luke Pollard
The work we are doing with the United States includes the operational security of our missions, especially joint missions that we undertake bilaterally with the United States and as part of NATO and further afield. On our base security at home, the work our security forces and armed forces do with the United States visiting forces and intelligence agencies is very close, very deep and ongoing, which means that we have a close partnership to meet the threats we are facing. We do know that the threats are increasing, so we are increasing our work accordingly. We continue to work with our US friends, and we will make sure that we do so with our European and NATO allies as well.