Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to question 1813, how many times the Defence and Security Exports Inter-Ministerial Group met in the last 12 months and on what dates
On his appointment, the Secretary of State was given a clear steer by the Prime Minister to increase Defence Exports. As the Minister responsible for implementing that instruction, I took the decision to form the Defence and Security Exports Inter-Ministerial Group in order to bring greater cross-Government working to this policy area, and it met for the first time on 12 December.