The UK’s role as a framework nation in JEF means that it has to ensure it is leading both politically and militarily including by ensuring that it has the capabilities required for exercises and operations in the High North and Polar regions. The UK must ensure that the JEF is able to respond at pace and protect its member nations (and in particular their critical national infrastructure installations) given the increasing threat posed in the High North and the Baltic Sea. We intend to examine the Defence Investment Plan for the inclusion of capabilities which would facilitate military tasks in northern Europe. (Conclusion, Paragraph 52)