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The government has already announced that Hms Montrose will be continued, tasks, monitoring of ships through the Strait of Hormuz

the UK has the Royal Navy and military helicopters, said on standby in The Middle of the rising tensions in the Middle East , Minister of defense of Ben Wallace .

The government was putting in place "urgent measures" for the protection of British nationals and interests in the region, Mr Wallace told The House of Commons.

He said, non-essential UK staff was also pulled out of Baghdad.

His comments come in The Wake of the U.S. killing of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani in Iraq on Friday.

Mr. Wallace, responding to questions of deputies on the growing crisis, reiterated the government's calls for all sides to "de-escalate".

But hours after his statement of the Ministry of defense said, by More Than a dozen ballistic missiles.

Iranian state television said The Attack was in retaliation for the Soleimani death.

The Ministry of defence said that all the British service personnel were been had in Iraq, and there were no British losses after the attacks.

a government spokesman said: "Our first priority remains the safety of British personnel. "

There are about 400 British troops in Iraq to help in the first place, to defeat IS.

If you said asked earlier on Tuesday about the prospect of a British military Strike on Iran, Mr Wallace, he was "not exclude anything".

He said, if the British people or armed service-were killed employee, the Iranian actions of the British answer "would be, without a doubt, relatively".

"That will do the United Kingdom, what he has to do, to defend, to do his people, his citizens, and, wherever it needs it. This is our duty. "

The defense Minister also said that The Department of transportation was reviewing its advice to British shipping on a daily basis, while "a small team" had been sent to provide assistance to the region, with "situational awareness and contingency planning".

Asked Labour MP Chi Onwurah about the risks of the UK's "unconditional" support for President Donald Trump - who is the drone Strike - Mr Wallace ordered said the support was "not unconditional at all".

He added: "We are friends and allies, but we it reaches "critical friends" and allies when it. "

Jeremy Corbyn wanted to know why Boris Johnson was not at MPs

head of the Labour party, Jeremy Corbyn accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson of "hiding behind his Minister of defense," not to make The Commons statement itself.

Mr Corbyn said that the United States was the killing of Soleimani to "illegally" and now, what was also urgently required "Dialog, preferably by the United Nations".

He said it was "very strange" that the Prime Minister "could not be bothered to come and answer questions" in Parliament on The Matter .

Responding, Mr Wallace said: "This Prime Minister actually believes in, in a Cabinet, the government, and let The Members of the Cabinet, who are responsible for the policy will come to The House to answer to be able The Questions , the political thing. "

the Ministers were-Chorus brings the case to the limitation, and there is a lot of talk.

The defense Minister and The Foreign Minister have been in contact with its partners in the region and in Europe, and Boris Johnson was on The Phone with President Trump and the Iraqi leadership.

But he has not yet spoken publicly, and he was conspicuous by his absence in The House of Commons today, which laid him open to ridicule and accusations of weakness by Mr Corbyn.

The official line is going to be a Minister to be left to do their work. Senior Conservatives pointed out that past Prime Minister rather front and center when dealing with a crisis on this kind of scale.

In other developments:

iraq, boris johnson, uk parliament, qasem soleimani, iran, ben wallace

Source of news: bbc.com