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Written Question
Ministry of Defence: Brexit
Friday 10th November 2017

Asked by: Jacob Rees-Mogg (Conservative - North East Somerset)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's preparations for the UK leaving the EU with (a) an agreement on future partnership and (b) no agreement with the EU; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton

Following the referendum in June 2016, the Ministry of Defence continues to make rigorous preparations for a range of possible outcomes from the UK's negotiations with the EU.