I am co-sponsoring the Armed Conflict (Requirements) Bill, introduced to Parliament yesterday by Dr Ellie Chowns MP.
This Bill would require the Government to publish a statement setting out the reasons for deployment of armed forces in a conflict and require the approval of the House of Commons in advance of any such deployment.
The Bill reads:
“Bill to require that, before armed forces may be deployed for armed conflict, a Minister of the Crown must publish a statement setting out the reasons for the deployment, an assessment of its compliance with international law, the objective of the deployment and an assessment of the viability of that objective; to require the approval in advance of any such deployment by a resolution of the House of Commons; to provide for equivalent requirements to apply to the use of UK military bases for the deployment of foreign armed forces for armed conflict; and for connected purposes.”
Read the Bill here: Link