To ask the Prime Minister whether it is his policy that in future the House will be asked to vote before the UK declares war on another country; and if he will make a statement. (112659)

I refer the right hon. Member to the Government Response to the House of Lords Constitution Committee’s Report: “Waging War: Parliament’s role and responsibility” (Cm 6923). Copies are available in the Libraries of the House. I also refer the right hon. Member to the answers given by my right hon. Friend the Leader of the House on 8 January 2007, Official Report, columns 18-21.