Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the UK continues to be able to participate in EU-led military operations abroad under the aegis of the Common Security and Defence Policy in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.

​In the event of a No Deal exit from the EU, the United Kingdom would be obliged to withdraw personnel from all Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) operations and missions since the legal basis for our participation would no longer exist. For Operation ALTHEA, we have previously made the offer to discuss a third country agreement that would allow the United Kingdom to maintain its contribution after a no deal exit, but the EU have not engaged with us on this offer.