Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of changes to amphibious capabilities if Commander UK Amphibious Forces is merged into the Maritime Battle Staff.

The Ministry of Defence decided in 2016 to undertake work to plan for a merger of the two existing elements of the Fleet battlestaff, Commander UK Amphibious Forces (COMUKAMPHIBFOR) and Maritime Battle Staff (MBS) into a single deployable Headquarters.

The Naval Service continues to consider the planning associated with this merger. No date has been set for the completion of this work.