JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER AIRCRAFT
Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the UK's F-35 Joint Strike Fighters will be equipped to carry the B-61 nuclear bomb. [189369]
Anna Soubry, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans: There are no plans for the UK's Lightning II to be equipped to carry the B-61 nuclear bomb.
Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what requests NATO has received from the US Government in relation to Alliance funding for the integration of the B-61 nuclear bomb onto the F-35. [189370]
Anna Soubry, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans We do not comment on the policy of our Allies.