3rd Report – From a Common Understanding to Common Ground: Building a UK-EU Strategic Partnership fit for the future

Select Committee
Foreign Affairs Committee HC 857 4 March 2026
Report Status Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations 85 items (33 recs)
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Government Response (AI assessment · 67 of 85 classified)
Accepted 15
Accepted in Part 1
Acknowledged 41
Deferred 3
Not Addressed 6
Rejected 1
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Recommendations

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56 Accepted in Part
We ask the Government to set out which of the possible areas of closer cooperation...
Recommendation
We ask the Government to set out which of the possible areas of closer cooperation referenced in the Security and Defence Partnership it intends to pursue further, and to provide an update on its work to “explore” UK re-entry into … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government is pursuing closer cooperation with the EU under the Security and Defence Partnership in areas which deliver practical results against shared threats, and they are participating in EU programmes such as Horizon Europe, Erasmus+ and Copernicus. However, they have no plans to rejoin Galileo.
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