{"value":{"id":825838,"memberId":2000,"member":null,"memberRole":"Minister of  State , (Ministry of Defence), Lords","uin":"HLWS406","dateMade":"2018-01-18T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":11,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Defence","title":"UK Military Support","text":"<p>My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (Gavin Williamson) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.</p><p>I wish to inform the House of the Government’s intent to deploy three CH-47 Chinook heavy lift helicopters to Mali to provide logistical support to French operations in the Sahel region, following French requests for additional support for Operation BARKHANE. This deployment forms an important element of our agreement at the Sandhurst Summit to work more closely with the French to counter terrorism and instability in the Sahel, and strengthen our cooperation in this region. We will continue to co-ordinate the deployment with the French and update the House in due course.</p>","house":"Lords","noticeNumber":0,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":false,"linkedStatements":null,"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/825838","method":"GET"}]}