CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
Summary
Chapter 1: The context of our inquiry
Previous consideration of Parliament's role
The current Government's position
Developments over Syria
Chapter 2: The Government's internal decision-making
process
The Cabinet
The National Security Council
The Defence Council and senior armed forces
officers
The Cabinet Manual
Chapter 3: Parliament's role
Why parliamentary approval is needed
The overriding importance of legality
Parliament's role: the options
Formalising Parliament's role
The case for formalisation
The case against formalisation
Role of the House of Lords
Conclusion on formalisation
A constitutional convention
Chapter 4: Summary of conclusions and recommendations
Appendix 1: List of members and declarations
of interests
Appendix 2: List of witnesses
Appendix 3: Call for evidence
Evidence is published online at www.parliament.uk/hlconstitution
and available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (0207
219 5314).
References in the footnotes to the report are as
follows:
Q refers to a question in oral evidence;
witness names without a question reference refer
to written evidence
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