Tom Brake – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Brake on 2016-03-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any temporal or other limitations have been placed on his authorisation of the use by the US of RAF Lakenheath as a base for carrying out airstrikes in Libya.
Michael Fallon
My authorisation for the US to use UK bases to launch the airstrike against a Daesh training camp in Libya on 19 February 2016 was granted for that specific operation and for a limited period of time.