A Bill to require that, before armed forces may be deployed for armed conflict, a Minister of the Crown must publish a statement setting out the reasons for the deployment, an assessment of its compliance with international law, the objective of the deployment and an assessment of the viability of that objective; to require the approval in advance of any such deployment by a resolution of the House of Commons; to provide for equivalent requirements to apply to the use of UK military bases for the deployment of foreign armed forces for armed conflict; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
4 March 2026
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Before UK armed forces can be sent into an armed conflict, the government would have to publish a statement explaining the reasons for deployment, assess how it would comply with international law, set out the deployment’s objective and judge whether that objective is realistically achievable. The deployment would also require advance approval from the House of Commons via a resolution, and the same requirements would apply to using UK military bases to host foreign forces for armed conflict.
The bill is at the first reading in the House of Commons (as of 3 March 2026). It has not yet progressed to committee stage or the House of Lords.
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3 Mar 2026
The next stage for this Bill, Second reading, is scheduled to take place on Friday 6 March 2026.
This is a Private Members' Bill and was presented to Parliament on Tuesday 3 March 2026 through the ballot procedure.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
