{"value":{"id":1702398,"askingMemberId":4772,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2024-04-19T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2024-04-24T00:00:00","uin":"22819","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18 April 2024 to Question 21848 on Iran: Israel, what the basis was for UK military action in defence of Israel.","answeringBodyId":11,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Defence","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4600,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2024-04-24T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>As stated by the Prime Minister in the Iran-Israel Update to Parliament on 15 April 2024 (Volume 748), the UK was acting in the collective self-defence of Israel and for regional security.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to publish the legal advice, in line with long-standing precedent.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Iran: Israel","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1702398","method":"GET"}]}