Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on (a) how many occasions and (b) which dates UK warships escorted Russian ships out of English territorial waters into international waters during 2017.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my noble Friend, the Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Lord Ahmad of Wimbeldon), on 29 March 2018 to Question HL6834 in the House of Lords.