andrew griffiths.st parliamentary hurdle, it's highly unlikely to become law without government support. allegations that british special forces have been involved in gun battles in the long—running civil war in yemen were raised with the foreign office minister. labour said that, if true, the reports show the uk was directly involved in the conflict. despite government claims to the contrary. press reports on sunday claimed at least five british special forces commandos, had been wounded during a secret uk military campaign in yemen. where the saudi—supported forces of the yemeni government are fighting houthi rebels, known to be backed by iran. in the light of these reports, does the government still stand by its long—standing statements that britain is not a party to the conflict. because frankly, given everything we already know about our support for the saudi air force and our supply of billions in arms to the saudi collation, if in addition to all that we now discover that our forces are engaged