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US Deployment: Germany

Monday 6 July 2020 · 1 question

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Answered 1 Partly answered 0 Not answered 0

Key points

  • Julian Lewis asks about representations made to the US Administration regarding reducing US troops in Germany.
  • Ben Wallace advises against believing everything read in newspapers, especially during an integrated review.
  • Ben Wallace asserts that the UK leads within NATO by contributing more than other nations historically.

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Questions & Answers

Q1 Julian Lewis Con Newton Abbot
Defence
Context

The Prime Minister's representative met with US Secretary of Defense and NATO counterparts to discuss the proposal by President Trump to reduce US troops in Germany.

Question

Julian Lewis asks about recent representations made to the US Administration on reducing US troops in Germany. He also questions whether the UK can make such representations when it has intentions of cutting its own military forces, particularly the Army and Royal Marines' amphibious capabilities.

Answer from The Minister for Defence Ben Wallace

Ben Wallace advises that one should not believe everything read in newspapers, especially during an integrated review. He asserts that the UK serves to lead within NATO by contributing and giving more than others have done historically. The UK is noted as the biggest contributor to NATO in Europe and provides nuclear defence in the region.

Answered

Not addressed: The reported plans for military cuts in the press were not directly addressed.

How: Not Believing Everything Read In Newspapers

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