Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Defence – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 10 July 2017.
Michael Fallon
The Secretary of State for Defence
12:00,
10 July 2017
After Brexit, we will still have the largest defence budget and the largest navy in Europe. We have a range of assets and capabilities on which other countries in Europe will want to continue to work with us. So far as foreign policy is concerned, we have not yet got to the point in the negotiations of sorting out exactly what the relationship will be, but let me assure the hon. Lady that I expect to continue our co-operation with my fellow Defence Ministers.