Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what his Department's policy is on siting a possible NATO North Atlantic Command in Scotland.

At their meeting on 8 and 9 November, NATO Defence Ministers agreed on the outline design for an adapted NATO Command Structure, which will be the basis for further work. This will include the establishment of a command for the Atlantic. No decisions on this command's location have yet been made.

Scotland already hosts a number of key UK military capabilities that support NATO, including the Quick Reaction Alert at RAF Lossiemouth and the UK’s independent nuclear deterrent at HMNB Clyde.