Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with EU officials on the UK’s application to join the Military Mobility Permanent Structured Cooperation project.

The UK Government regularly discusses defence and security issues with our NATO Allies and European partners. We have discussed the UK's application to join the Military Mobility project with EU Member States including the Netherlands as project lead, Germany and France; the European External Action Service; and the US, Canada and Norway as existing third country participants. We have also kept NATO informed throughout the application process as the Military Mobility Project is key to to the alliance's ability to move forces quickly and at scale across continental Europe.