questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his statement of 9 March 2026, Official Report, Column 76, on Middle East: Defence, which referred to the use of UK bases by United States forces for defensive purposes being spelled out in the 
answerText: As announced by the Prime Minister on 1 March 2026, the Government agreed to a US request to use British bases for specific and limited defensive purposes. A summary of the Government’s legal position associated with this authorisation was published at th...
heading: USA: Military Bases