Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Prime Minister's press release Record £1.9 billion UK-Poland missile export deal set to bolster European security, published on 28 April, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for collective security of that deal.

MBDA's export agreement announced on 28 April will see 22 Polish Air Defence batteries equipped with the UK's Common Anti-air Module Missiles (CAMM) and launchers. It is testament to the increasingly close bilateral defence and security relationship between the UK and Poland; the largest ever UK defence export to Poland and one of the biggest deals of its kind in NATO. It provides a significant enhancement to the short-range air defence capability of a key Ally on NATO's strategically important eastern flank, bolstering both Poland's and the Alliance's security.