Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of creating a specialist counter-insurgency force.

We will continue to develop our force structure and capabilities to allow us to contribute to addressing the full range of potential threats, including those from insurgents, to ensure we can both defend, deter and compete across all domains alongside our allies and partners.

Any specific policy changes or updates to force structure will be determined once the update to the Defence Command Paper has concluded.