Sir Julian Lewis: If an Iranian rocket attack – hopefully this will never happen – successfully penetrated our defences and caused severe damage and casualties on a British base, is the Foreign Secretary ruling out any response by the RAF against the source, such as a battery, from which those missiles had been fired?

[The Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs (Yvette Cooper): The right hon. Member will know that we are already taking defensive military action in support of our partners, against threats to them, and we take immensely seriously any threats to UK bases or military assets. He would not expect me to comment on operational issues, but he knows how seriously we take the UK’s military and defensive capabilities.]