questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's joint press release entitled New Storm Shadow and missile cooperation to boost jobs as UK and France reboot defence relationship, published on 9 July 2025, what discussions he had with his French counterpart on the participation of France in the consultative process of the NATO Nuclear Planning Group.
answerText: France does not participate in NATO’s Nuclear Planning Group. This is a matter for the French Government. 
heading: France: Military Alliances