Sir Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in NATO on upgrading AFV Fleets.
Stuart Andrew, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Minister for Defence Procurement: Ministry of Defence Ministers routinely discuss the full range of defence and security issues with our NATO partners and interoperability is used within the decision-making criteria for upgrade programmes of our AFVs. NATO is the cornerstone of UK defence and as such the UK remains fully committed to the alliance.
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