To ask the Prime Minister if she will state the Government's policy in relation to the use of bases in the United Kingdom which are in control of other countries for military purposes elsewhere in the world and on prior consultation concerning such use.

Under long-standing arrangements, the use by the United States of bases in the United Kingdom in an emergency would be a matter for joint decision by Her Majesty's Government and the United States Government in the light of the circumstances prevailing at the time. No other country has operational military facilities made available to it in the United Kingdom.