Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the purposes, progress and funding of the joint UK-US Portal to Monitor Arms Control.
The Portal Monitor for Arms Control project is part of an agreed three year programme for arms control verification research, agreed between the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE), and as such is subject to quarterly project progress and six monthly programme reviews. The project is proceeding to plan and meeting its objectives.