Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings this year.

This Government pays tribute to the courageous men and women who participated in and contributed to the D-Day landings and, of course, the wider Normandy Campaign. The Government, through the Ministry of Defence, and in conjunction with the Royal British Legion, are proud to be supporting and participating in a wide range of commemorative events for the 75th Anniversary of D-Day. These include the UK National event in Portsmouth on 5 June, and a series of events in Normandy.

Daks over Normandy is a privately funded event with no official participation or funding from the Government. However, we applaud and congratulate organisations such as this that are contributing to the commemoration of the events of 1944.