Drones
House of Lords
Lord Bates (Conservative)
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their policy on the use of unmanned armed drones outside Afghanistan against terrorist suspects.
Lord Astor of Hever (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Defence; Conservative)
Her Majesty's Government do not use armed remotely piloted air systems against terrorist suspects outside Afghanistan. However, UK personnel flew armed remotely piloted air systems missions against Gaddafi's forces in Libya in 2011, in support of the NATO humanitarian mission authorised under UNSCR resolution 1973.