Royal prerogative power inquiry

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London Evening Standard
11 August 2005

An inquiry into the use of the royal prerogative power by Government to deploy the UK's armed forces, is to be conducted by an all-party committee of peers.

Chairman of the House of Lords select committee on the Constitution, Lord Holme, said: "This has been one of the most important constitutional issues of the past few years, on which feelings run understandably high.

"It is important to conduct a thorough inquiry to identify how the requirements of democracy and national emergency can best be reconciled."

Under the royal prerogative powers, a government can declare war and deploy armed forces without the backing or consent of Parliament.

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1. Let's hope

that Clare Short's Bill to put all wars to a Parliamentary vote manages to pass...