Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Ministry of Defence

Oral Answers to Questions

Stephen Crabb Excerpts
Monday 5th March 2018

(6 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton Portrait Mark Lancaster
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One of the complexities of the Reserve estate is that much of it is owned not by the Ministry of Defence, but by the Reserve forces themselves. This is adding some complexity, but we hope to be able to update the House in due course.

Stephen Crabb Portrait Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire) (Con)
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Does my right hon. Friend agree that the further set of defence commitments reached by the Prime Minister and President Macron at the summit in January represents not just the deepening of this important bilateral relationship, but a strengthening of NATO?

Gavin Williamson Portrait Gavin Williamson
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The co-operation that our country has with France is second to none. The Anglo-French summit signposts an important development in that relationship—not just in terms of operations going forward, but about how best we can collaborate in terms of our defence industries.