Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps are being taken to secure defence technology transfer arrangements with key strategic allies.

The Department routinely works with key strategic allies to strengthen defence cooperation and support the secure exchange of defence technologies where this is in the UK's national security interest. This includes ongoing engagement through established and new bilateral and multilateral defence relationships, government-to-government arrangements, and collaborative defence and science and technology programmes. This work helps maintain interoperability with allies, supports capability development, establishes new production lines and strengthens collective security with allies.