Debate on select committee report on Tuesday, 1 May 2007, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Holme of Cheltenham. The answering member was Lord Falconer of Thoroton.

Parliament: Waging War (Constitution Committee Report)

Lords debate on motion to take note of the report of the Constitution Select Committee on Waging War: Parliament's Role and Responsibility (HL 236 2005-06) and the follow-up report (HL 51 2006-07). Agreed to on question.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 691 c979-1033
Session: 2006-07
Department: Department for Constitutional Affairs; Constitution Committee
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: Constitution Select Committee (HL) fifteenth report on Waging war: Parliament's role and responsibility. 2 volumes with evidence.
Wednesday, 19 July 2006
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords; Constitution Select Committee (HL) third report on Waging War: Parliament's Role and Responsibility: Follow-up.
Wednesday, 7 February 2007
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions: Lord Bramall | 691 c1031 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in case the noble and learned Lord thinks that I have no military experience, I was the Ch...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 691 c1031-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I apologise if I suggested in any way that I was not aware that the noble and gallant Lord...; Lord Holme of Cheltenham | 691 c1033 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the hour is late and it would not be profitable to reopen the whole debate, although after...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 691 c1027-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, first, I join noble Lords in expressing my genuine and profound gratitude to the noble Lor...; Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 691 c1030 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Lord Chancellor’s thesis is that everything is working pretty well and we do not need ...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 691 c1030-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with respect, the Suez example completely demonstrates the point made by the noble Lord, L...; Lord Norton of Louth | 691 c1000-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I join othersin congratulating the Constitution Committee on producing an extremely import...; Lord Parekh | 691 c1003-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I begin by thanking the noble Lord, Lord Holme of Cheltenham, and his colleagues on the Co...; Lord Craig of Radley | 691 c997-1000 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this issue has been brought sharply into focus because of the commitment of our forces in ...; Lord Goodlad | 691 c1012-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, had the privilege of serving on the committee and I join my noble friend Lady O’Ca...; Lord Luce | 691 c1014-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am very glad to follow the noble Lord, Lord Goodlad, who was a member of the Select Comm...; Lord Garden | 691 c1007-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Holme of Cheltenham and the members of the Constitutio...; Earl of Sandwich | 691 c1009-11 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I was also privileged to serve on the committee and took a particular interest in this inq...; Lord Maclennan of Rogart | 691 c1021-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, many who have participated in the preparation of the report have spoken directly of their ...; Lord Smith of Clifton | 691 c1016-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful, as the whole House will be, to my noble friend Lord Holme of Cheltenham for...; Viscount Bledisloe | 691 c1018-21 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I join many others in sincerely thanking our chairman, for both the clarity of his opening...; Lord Holme of Cheltenham | 691 c979-83 (Link to this contribution) rose to move, That this House takes note of the report of the Constitution Committee on Waging War: ...; Lord Judd | 691 c983-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Holme. I say to him that there are f...; Baroness O'Cathain | 691 c986-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, all the members of the Select Committee owe a sincere debt of gratitude to our chairman. T...; Bishop of Ripon and Leeds | 691 c989-90 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for the report and for the energy and effort that have gone into it. I am al...; Lord Bramall | 691 c990-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, support the Constitution Committee’s conclusions, which advocate the constitutiona...; Lord Mayhew of Twysden | 691 c993-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am very glad that, when following the noble and gallant Lord, I can agree with him so ve...; Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 691 c995-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is valuable for a parliamentary Select Committee to examine the constitutional implicat...; Lord Kingsland | 691 c1023-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, all those members who served on the committee have already paid tributeto the chairman, th...
Subjects: Disclosure of information Armed forces Armed conflict Deployment Ministerial powers Parliamentary scrutiny Military alliances Royal prerogative Government responses Military intelligence
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Parliament: Waging War (Constitution Committee Report)

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