Defence written question – answered at on 21 January 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which of his Department's procurement projects are on hold pending the announcement of the French Government's defence spending review.
Under the Lancaster House treaty, the UK and France agreed to take forward a broad portfolio of co-operation on equipment and capabilities to meet our present and future defence and security interests. These are set out in the summit declaration on security and defence made in February 2012.
The French Government is currently conducting a defence review. This is informing the French Government's approach to the Future Anti-Surface Guided Weapon (Heavy), on which the Ministry of Defence continues actively to engage with France at all levels, including my own discussions at the High Level Working Group in November 2012 and subsequently with senior French officials. Other co-operative equipment projects with France are at present unaffected.
Yes0 people think so
No1 person thinks not
Would you like to ask a question like this yourself? Use our Freedom of Information site.