UK Airstrike: Houthi Military Facility

Monica Harding Excerpts

Wednesday 30th April 2025 Commons Chamber

[John Healey]

My hon. Friend puts the argument very well. This is a matter of freedom of navigation and a matter of international law, but it is also a matter of economic self-interest for Britain, because the price for the disruption to world shipping on this essential trade route through the Red sea is paid by ordinary people in the food and goods they depend on. That is in part why we took this action last night.

[Monica Harding (Esher and Walton) (LD)]

I, too, pay tribute to the professionalism of our armed forces, and I am thankful for their safe return. Is the Secretary of State confident about the appropriate security for our military personnel, given that the previous leaks from the Trump Administration on Signal gave details of such attacks before they happened, and what reassurances has he had from the United States on that?

[John Healey]

I am confident. We handle secure communications in secure ways, and we do that consistently here in the UK.