Role Of The House Of Commons In Going To War

EDM number 2821 in 2005-06, proposed by Neil Gerrard on 20/10/2006.

That this House notes the recommendations of the Fifteenth Report of the House of Lords Select Committee on the Constitution regarding the role of Parliament in going to war and the need to seek parliamentary approval; further notes that a similar view has been expressed by organisations concerned with democracy such as Unlock Democracy (a joint initiative by Charter 88 and the New Politics Network) as well as by the House of Commons Public Administration Committee and by the right hon. Member for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, the right hon. Member for Witney and the right hon. Member for North East Fife; and calls on the Government and Opposition Parties to support these recommendations by all backing new Standing Orders for this House, or some other appropriate mechanism, to give effect to them.

This motion has been signed by a total of 136 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Neil Gerrard	20/10/2006	Walthamstow	Labour	Proposed
Kenneth Clarke	20/10/2006	Rushcliffe	Conservative	Seconded
Adrian Sanders	20/10/2006	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Alan Simpson	20/10/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Seconded
Paul Flynn	20/10/2006	Newport West	Labour	Seconded
Angus MacNeil	23/10/2006	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Seconded
Keith Vaz	23/10/2006	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	23/10/2006	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Browne	23/10/2006	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	23/10/2006	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Davies	23/10/2006	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
David Taylor	23/10/2006	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	23/10/2006	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Albert Owen	23/10/2006	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	23/10/2006	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	23/10/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	23/10/2006	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Prentice	23/10/2006	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	24/10/2006	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	24/10/2006	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	24/10/2006	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Katy Clark	24/10/2006	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	24/10/2006	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	24/10/2006	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Gibson	24/10/2006	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	24/10/2006	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Jim Dobbin	24/10/2006	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	24/10/2006	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	24/10/2006	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	24/10/2006	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Vincent Cable	24/10/2006	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	24/10/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	24/10/2006	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Helen Goodman	25/10/2006	Bishop Auckland	Labour	Signed
John Austin	25/10/2006	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	25/10/2006	Bethnal Green & Bow	Respect	Signed
Hywel Francis	25/10/2006	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
David Drew	25/10/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	25/10/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	25/10/2006	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	25/10/2006	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris McCafferty	25/10/2006	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	25/10/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	25/10/2006	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	26/10/2006	Ayrshire Central	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	26/10/2006	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	26/10/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Clive Betts	26/10/2006	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Richard Taylor	26/10/2006	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Robert Walter	26/10/2006	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Tim Farron	26/10/2006	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kerry McCarthy	26/10/2006	Bristol East	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	26/10/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	26/10/2006	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	26/10/2006	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	26/10/2006	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Marsha Singh	26/10/2006	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	26/10/2006	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	26/10/2006	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Laws	26/10/2006	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	26/10/2006	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	26/10/2006	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Beith	30/10/2006	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Berry	30/10/2006	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Ben Wallace	30/10/2006	Lancaster & Wyre	Conservative	Signed
Betty Williams	30/10/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	30/10/2006	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Danny Alexander	30/10/2006	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	30/10/2006	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Davey	30/10/2006	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Cook	30/10/2006	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Joan Ruddock	30/10/2006	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	30/10/2006	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	30/10/2006	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	30/10/2006	Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	30/10/2006	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	30/10/2006	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	30/10/2006	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Tony Wright	31/10/2006	Cannock Chase	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	31/10/2006	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Howarth	31/10/2006	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	31/10/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Mulholland	31/10/2006	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Penrose	31/10/2006	Weston-Super-Mare	Conservative	Signed
Mike Wood	31/10/2006	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Pete Wishart	31/10/2006	Perth & Perthshire North	Scottish National Party	Signed
Roger Williams	31/10/2006	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dennis Skinner	31/10/2006	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Dai Havard	31/10/2006	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	31/10/2006	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	31/10/2006	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	31/10/2006	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Weir	31/10/2006	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Mark Williams	01/11/2006	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Walley	01/11/2006	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	01/11/2006	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	01/11/2006	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	01/11/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Michael Meacher	01/11/2006	Oldham West & Royton	Labour	Signed
Ian Lucas	01/11/2006	Wrexham	Labour	Signed
Alex Salmond	01/11/2006	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Ken Purchase	01/11/2006	Wolverhampton North East	Labour	Signed
Stewart Jackson	02/11/2006	Peterborough	Conservative	Signed
Nia Griffith	02/11/2006	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	02/11/2006	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Michael Ancram	02/11/2006	Devizes	Conservative	Signed
Jeff Ennis	02/11/2006	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
John Gummer	06/11/2006	Suffolk Coastal	Conservative	Signed
Peter Bottomley	06/11/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Stunell	06/11/2006	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sarah Teather	06/11/2006	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Thurso	06/11/2006	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Steve Webb	06/11/2006	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	06/11/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	06/11/2006	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Horwood	06/11/2006	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Penning	06/11/2006	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
Paul Rowen	06/11/2006	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Grogan	06/11/2006	Selby	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	06/11/2006	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	06/11/2006	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	06/11/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	06/11/2006	Medway	Labour	Signed
Ann McKechin	06/11/2006	Glasgow North	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	06/11/2006	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	06/11/2006	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Ottaway	06/11/2006	Croydon South	Conservative	Signed
Nicholas Clegg	06/11/2006	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Davidson	06/11/2006	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
Quentin Davies	06/11/2006	Grantham & Stamford	Conservative	Signed
Frank Doran	06/11/2006	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	07/11/2006	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	07/11/2006	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	07/11/2006	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Nick Brown	07/11/2006	Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend	Labour	Signed
Peter Soulsby	07/11/2006	Leicester South	Labour	Signed

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