Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Israel–Iran confrontation and escalating hostilities in Lebanon on (a) regional stability in the Middle East, (b) the humanitarian and political situation inside Lebanon and (c) the risk of wider regional escalation involving additional states and non-state actors.

I refer the Hon Member to the statement made to the House by the Foreign Secretary on 17 March, and her answers to the questions raised in response.