Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with (a) the Prime Minister, (b) the Secretary of State for Defence and (c) other Cabinet colleagues on the siting of 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.