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Proceeding contribution from Jack Straw (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 25 October 2007. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Governance of Britain.

Governance of Britain

Indeed; I once wrote a long essay on that, but it was in English. The document makes it clear that the last time that we formally declared war was in 1942, although we have been involved in many armed conflicts since the second world war: 16,000 British service personnel have lost their lives since. The document deals with the issues about the definitions. Plainly, the rights of this House to make decisions on armed conflict go beyond any formal declaration of war.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
465 c418-9 
Session
2006-07
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
House of Commons Disclosure of information Data protection Armed forces Demonstrations Armed conflict Constitutions Deployment British constitution Democracy Freedom of information House of Lords Judiciary Judges Powers of entry Personal records Police Powers Public appointments Privacy Parliamentary procedure Parliamentary scrutiny National Audit Office Treaties Information Commissioner's Office Committee of Public Accounts Royal prerogative
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