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Written question asked by Peter Luff (Conservative) on Friday, 26 September 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 14 October 2014. It was answered by Philip Dunne (Conservative) on Friday, 17 October 2014 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


National Security

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Ministerial Working Group announced in the White Paper National Security Through Technology, Cmd 8278.

Answer

Defence and procurement issues have been considered by relevant Government Departments, rather than formerly through the Ministerial Working Group. The Group remains available, if needed, to consider cross-Government aspects of the new approach.

A Defence and Security Export Ministerial Working Group has been established under the chairmanship of the Secretary of State for Defence to co-ordinate Defence Export issues across Government.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
209329
Session
2014-15
Subjects
National security Technology
Link
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