Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing a centre for democratic resilience within NATO HQ; and if he will make a statement.

NATO is a values based Alliance and should play an important role in promoting the rules based international order and defending its values. This is already reflected in the NATO 2030 agenda and will be in the next NATO Strategic Concept. It will be important to understand how such a centre would add value to existing initiatives in NATO and other fora which perform similar functions, such as the centres of excellence on hybrid and strategic communications.