§ Mr. RedwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many troops from(a) the UK and (b) other EU countries are committed to (i) Eurocorps and (ii) EUROFOR. [120820]
§ Mr. Hoon[holding answer 5 May 2000]The UK has no troops committed to either the 5-nation (France, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and Spain) EUROCORPS or the 4-nation (France, Italy, Portugal and Spain) EUROFOR as a matter of course, though we have one Liaison Officer attached to HQ EUROCORPS.
Numbers of troops contributed to the forces in question by other countries are a matter for the countries concerned.