Current Developments in
European Defence Policy
Report
1. In this Report we make available, for the
information of the House, the oral evidence given to Sub-Committee
C (Foreign Affairs, Defence and Development Policy) by Lord Drayson,
Minister of State, Defence Equipment, and Support, at the Ministry
of Defence, accompanied by Mr Andrew Mathewson, Director
of the Directorate for Policy on International Organisations and
Mr Robert Regan, Director of the International Relations Group,
Ministry of Defence, on 12 July 2007; and the correspondence from
the Minister.
2. Key topics in the evidence are:
- The role of the European Defence
Agency (EDA) as an organisation in a "start up" phase
(QQ 1, 5);
- Force Protection Initiative and the UK's decision
not to participate (QQ 5-7);
- Defence procurement collaboration policy (QQ
8, 9, 16, 19-23);
- Interoperability and standard setting within
the EDA (QQ 9, 10);
- The EDA's Code of Conduct on defence procurement
and the bulletin board (Q 11);
- The size of the EDA's budget and its effective
use (QQ 12, 13);
- The Defence Technological and Industrial Base
(DTIB) strategy (QQ 14-16, 19);
- The security of defence supplies (QQ 17, 18);
- Procurement cooperation with France (QQ 19-22,
24);
- International Competition (QQ 22, 23);
- Cooperation with the United States (QQ 24, 25);
- Battlegroups and issues relating to deployment
and self-certification (QQ 26-37, 41, 42);
- Defence spending by EU Member States (Q 38);
- Milex 07 (Q 43, 44);
- The relationship between the Military Committees
of NATO and the EU (Q 45).
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