Debates between Michael Tomlinson and Gavin Williamson during the 2017-2019 Parliament

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Debate between Michael Tomlinson and Gavin Williamson
Monday 18th February 2019

(5 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Michael Tomlinson Portrait Michael Tomlinson (Mid Dorset and North Poole) (Con)
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14. What recent assessment he has made of the importance of NATO to UK national security.

Gavin Williamson Portrait The Secretary of State for Defence (Gavin Williamson)
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Last week I joined NATO Defence Ministers to discuss progress made towards fairer burden-sharing and increasing the readiness of all our armed forces.

Michael Tomlinson Portrait Michael Tomlinson
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Does my right hon. Friend agree that, as we leave the European Union, we will of course continue to co-operate with our European friends and allies, but that it is NATO that is the bedrock of European security? Does also he agree that all talk of an EU army is an unhelpful distraction?

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