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
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The Armed Forces Deployment (Royal Prerogative) Bill [HL] would require parliamentary approval for decisions by the Prime Minister to deploy Her Majesty’s Armed Forces overseas in a conflict. It shifts the power away from relying on the royal prerogative and sets out an approval process in Parliament. The bill is currently at the second reading stage in the Lords.
The bill is at the second reading in the Lords (as of July 2016). If it progresses, it would move to committee stage in the Lords and then potentially be considered by the House of Commons.
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24 May 2016
8 Jul 2016
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.
