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<p>The Government continues to ensure that parliamentary accountability for UK-EU
defence cooperation is maintained. In addition to the public speeches made by the
Prime Minister and the white paper of last July, the Government provided further clarification
in September, in its response to the House of Commons Defence Committee report, on
its proposals for a future security partnership with the EU. The Government has also
participated in parliamentary debates or hearings on Permanent Structured Cooperation
last April, Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) Operation Sophia last June,
the European Defence Industrial Development Programme last November and on CSDP missions
and operations in May this year. The Government will continue to provide regular updates
to both European Scrutiny Committees in Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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