Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Prime Minister last met with the lead members of the Strategic Defence Review team.

As the Prime Minister reported in his Statement on Defence and Security in the House of Commons, the Strategic Defence Review is being finalised. The Reviewers are reporting regularly on progress to the Prime Minister, the Defence Secretary, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Review will be published in the Spring. It will help set the path for Britain's defence for the next decade.