To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 3 March 2008, Official Report, column 2052W, on the armed forces: EU institutions, who the permanent Chairman of the EU Military Committee is. (193156)

The current permanent chairman of the EU Military Committee is General Henri Bentégeat.

Information about the EU Military Committee can be found on the Council of the EU website at:

http://www.consilium.europa.eu/