Wes Streeting: “In the dangerous and turbulent world we find ourselves in, investment in defence is a price worth paying.”

I do want to say that our friendship with America is the closest alliance of any two nations on earth, and we will always stand together against those who hate our freedom and those who wish us harm.

It is difficult and necessarily painstaking work, but it is necessary.

We can be reassured that this is being dealt with.

I also want to state personally my enormous thanks to our police, our counter-terrorism police, emergency services and the security services for their hard work to defend our base at RAF Fairford.