Rejected petition Legal requirement of full parliamentary debate prior to acts of war to others

There is no codified parliamentary procedure that formally requires the Government to seek approval before taking military action.
We cannot allow Government to attack countries without Parliament being fully informed about the type of threat, who is affected and the risks to actions being taken.

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In practice governments in modern times have usually ensured parliamentary debate. In 2006, Tony Blair, acknowledged that he could not “conceive of a situation in which a Government... is going to go to war – except in circumstances where militarily for the security of the country it needs to act immediately – without a full parliamentary debate”.
The arguments for making a change is logical and such an important one that it should not bypass democratic representation.

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Date submitted 16 April 2018
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