Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of increasing levels of defence co-operation with the EU.

There is no European security without the UK. With our rapidly deployable capabilities and nuclear deterrent, we are a critical component of European Defence against an increasingly aggressive Russia.

That is why, in May 2025, the UK and EU agreed a landmark Security and Defence Partnership, delivering on this Government’s commitment to strengthen European security, support growth, and reinforce NATO.

We continue to strengthen this Partnership, including exploring UK participation in the EU’s Ukraine Support Loans, as the Prime Minister announced last month.