Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the UK's sovereign defence capability in relation to Maritime Patrol Aircraft.
The RAF's fleet of Poseidon aircraft is now meeting the UK's Maritime Patrol Aircraft requirements. I refer the Rt hon. Gentleman to the Answer provided to him by the then Minister for Defence Procurement (Harriett Baldwin) on 14 March 2017, to question 67302.