{"value":{"id":528007,"askingMemberId":14,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2016-06-20T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2016-06-28T00:00:00","uin":"40903","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which EU (a) legislative and (b) other proposals his Department is leading negotiations on for the Government in the Council of the EU.","answeringBodyId":11,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Defence","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":77,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2016-06-30T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>There are no European Union (EU) legislative Defence proposals because Defence remains a Member State competence.</p><p>The UK is engaged in important EU operations and missions including:</p><p>Operation SOPHIA, which is disrupting smuggling and illegal migrant flows to Europe within the Southern Central Mediterranean;</p><p>Operation ATALANTA, which is tackling Somali-based piracy and armed robbery at sea off the Horn of Africa and in the Western Indian Ocean; and</p><p>EU Training Mission Mali, providing training to Malian army and security forces under the control of legitimate civilian political authorities.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Ministry of Defence: EU Action","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/528007","method":"GET"}]}