Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment the Government has made of the effect on stability in the Middle East of Iran's ballistic missile programme.

We have significant concerns about Iran's ballistic missile programme, which contributes to its destabilising role in the region. Iran has conducted ballistic missile activity which is inconsistent with UN Security Council Resolution 2231. We have raised our concerns with the Iranian Government, including during the Foreign Secretary’s visit to Tehran in December. We also continue to work with the relevant UN bodies to support the implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions, and we urge all partners to report concerns about Iran’s ballistic missile programme to the UN Security Council.