Embattled foreign secretary Dominic Raab has told MPs he never considered quitting over the Afghanistan crisis, even as his role in the UK withdrawal came under intense scrutiny.

Raab cut a defiant figure in front of the foreign affairs select committee, which took the unusual step of bringing the Cabinet Office minister into parliament during recess to account for his actions.

On several occasions Raab stated that he had not and would not consider resigning over his handling of the crisis, the criticism of which has centred on his decision to go on holiday during the period preceding the fall of Kabul to the Taliban.