Responding to a question from Daisy Cooper MP (Liberal Democrat – St Albans), Defence Minister Maria Eagle stated: “The Secretary of State for Defence continues to discuss missile production capacity with our European Allies on a regular basis.”
She highlighted recent engagements, including bilateral talks in Paris on 11 March and multilateral discussions at the E5 Defence Ministers meeting the following day.
“Missile production capacity is also a key element of NATO’s Defence Production Action Plan, which we continue to work on with allies to ensure its effective implementation,” Eagle added.
The UK is also engaged through NATO’s Conference of National Armaments Directors (CNAD), a forum for coordinating defence industrial cooperation across the Alliance. “The UK continues to discuss NATO Alliance-wide missile production and capacity issues via the Conference of National Armaments Directors (CNAD) framework,” Eagle confirmed.