Oral Question·Ministry of Defence
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 28 October 2025Answered: 3 November 2025
Asked by
Dr Ben Spencer
Conservative — Runnymede and Weybridge
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Defence
Answer from Hansard
John Healey
The hon. Gentleman is not correct in saying that the troops are there to monitor the ceasefire. A small handful of British forces personnel have been deployed to the Civil-Military Co-ordination Centre at the request of the US, and it is the US that is leading that work.