---

Armed Conflict (Parliamentary Approval)

The hon. Gentleman used an interesting word. He correctly said that the three votes ““legitimised”” a war that would otherwise not have been legitimate. Does he therefore agree that if a procedure such as the one that we are discussing were put in place, there would be a risk that, in future, Prime Ministers would seek to use a vote in this place to legitimise something that, if it were done under the royal prerogative, would not be legitimate?