A Bill to make provision about the approval required for deployment of Her Majesty’s Armed Forces by the Prime Minister in the event of conflict overseas.
House of Lords
20 June 2017
The bill would require parliamentary approval for deploying UK armed forces overseas, changing the traditional royal prerogative that currently allows the Prime Minister to order such deployments. It aims to set out a formal process for obtaining that approval in the event of overseas conflict. The measure is a Lords bill and is currently at the second-reading stage in the Lords.
The bill is at the second-reading stage in the Lords and has not yet progressed to committee or a Commons consideration. If it advances, it would continue through the Lords before moving to the Commons.
Generated 21 February 2026
Second reading - the general debate on all aspects of the Bill - took place on 8 July.
Committee stage - line by line examination of the Bill - is yet to be scheduled.
The 2016-2017 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
