Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Gagan Mohindra and Joy Morrissey

Monday 21st September 2020 Commons Chamber

[Mr Gagan Mohindra (South West Hertfordshire) (Con)]

What steps his Department is taking to ensure that armed forces capability is adequate to tackle future security threats.

[Joy Morrissey (Beaconsfield) (Con)]

What steps his Department is taking to ensure that armed forces capability is adequate to tackle future security threats.

[The Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Ben Wallace)]

The Ministry of Defence is examining its capability requirements through the integrated review, guided by Defence Intelligence’s understanding of the threats we face now and in the future. We are examining the evolving doctrines, structures and capabilities of our adversaries to ensure that we develop the capabilities required to deliver the operations of tomorrow.