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I am today announcing that I have set the baseline profit rate for single source defence contracts at 6.81%, in line with the rate recommend

The Ministry of Defence continues to implement the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015.

The public consultation for the Modernising Defence Programme has been launched, and will close on 30 April 2018.

The Modernising Defence Programme will be informed by the current global security situation and threat context, building on the National Sec

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has conducted a review of the role and status of the National Employer Advisory Board (NEAB), a Non-Department

When the Prime Minister, the Chancellor and I met and agreed the terms of reference of the modernising defence programme, we were absolutely

I assure my hon. Friend that we are making good progress. As I said earlier, we are opening this up to public consultation.

We have already had 500 Royal Marines training out in Norway this year, and we look forward to continuing that collaboration going forward.

I was trying to offload various questions on to my ministerial colleagues, Mr Speaker. Sadly, they were not willing to take them.

There have always been traditional tensions within the European Union as to which way it would like to take its role in defence.