Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the oral answer of 20 November 2025, Official Report, column 851, whether she will make it her policy to summon the Russian Ambassador if lasers are directed at RAF pilots by Russian vessels.

It is the long-standing policy of the UK Government not to set out the circumstances in which we would or would not summon the Russian Ambassador, but we maintain a number of channels for communicating with the Russian Government and holding them accountable for their actions. On the wider issues raised, I refer the Hon Member to the responses provided by the Minister for the Armed Forces in the urgent question debate on Thursday 20 November.