Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Chief of Defence Staff Directive on Embedded Personnel 2/16, what definition his Department uses to define significant support in the context ​of assistance provided during lethal operations by UK personnel embedded in partner forces.

All UK Armed Forces embedded with our allies on operations remain subject to UK law wherever they are deployed. Embedded personnel receive a comprehensive pre-deployment briefing that covers what they may or may not do during operations and which follows Government intent. Should they be asked to undertake action outwith that set out in their pre-deployment briefing they are able to reach back to UK command for legal and policy advice.