Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's priorities are for the 2023 Vilnius NATO summit this month.

The NATO Summit is an opportunity to build on the work we have done in the past year to bolster NATO's deterrence and defence posture in light of Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. This includes all NATO members committing to spend 2% of GDP on defence as a floor not a ceiling through the Defence Investment Pledge, agreeing new Regional Plans to ensure we are deploying our assets most effectively and increasing defence industrial cooperation between allies. The UK's latest offer to NATO under the New NATO Force Model will provide NATO with a substantial uplift in our deployable forces. ​Supporting Ukraine with substantial political and financial commitments will be at the forefront of the Summit.