NATO
Sir Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the letter of intent signed at the NATO Summit on 4 September 2014 on the development of a NATO Joint Expeditionary Force.
Michael Fallon, Secretary of State for Defence: The UK's Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) is a pool of flexible high readiness forces able to respond rapidly to global threats. The UK is working with a number of allies to deliver this capability: Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands and Norway. This initiative has been welcomed by NATO. A Letter of Intent, signed at the NATO Summit in Wales in September, outlining development until 2018 when JEF becomes fully operational is attached.