Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for national security of reports Iran has attempted to kill or kidnap British nationals in the UK.

We do not routinely comment on operational or intelligence matters, however the UK will always stand up to threats from foreign nations.

Any threat made by a foreign state against individuals in the UK will not be tolerated and will be thoroughly investigated. On 16^th November, Ken McCallum, Director General of MI5, explained in his annual threat address that since January, there have been at least ten threats to kidnap or even kill UK-based individuals. Iran has established a pattern of this type of behaviour which is totally unacceptable, yet sadly typical of the regime and its lack of respect for basic rights.

Working with a range of partners, the UK government will continue to use all tools at its disposal to protect individuals in the UK against any threats from the Iranian state.