Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will seek in negotiations with the EU to ensure that the UK continues to co-operate with the EU on issues relating to intelligence and information sharing to maximise efforts to identify, interdict and prosecute cases of illicit arms trafficking.

As part of the deep and special partnership the UK seeks with the EU, we want to continue to work closely with our European Partners, including on security, foreign and defence policy.

We want a partnership whereby we contribute to the security of Europe, using our range of defence and security capabilities, our networks and influence and our policy expertise.

Constraining weapons proliferation is a key foreign policy objective and intelligence and information sharing are central to efforts to identify, interdict and prosecute cases of illicit arms trafficking. Sharing information on interdictions once the UK has left the EU will take place within the broader context of negotiations.