Libya concerns
Shades of Iraq? MPs are demanding a Commons vote before possible military action in Libya. At this morning, the Leader of the House, Sir George Young, assured MPs the Commons would be given an opportunity to debate the commitment of British troops.
(I assume that would include RAF personnel, if the operation in question was the enforcement of a "No-Fly Zone".)
The Conservative veteran, Tony Baldry, called for a substantive motion to be put to MPs in a debate next Thursday, setting out the international obligation to intervene to prevent war crime and crimes against humanity. Mr Baldry - a former chair of the - thought that might strengthen the position of British ministers and diplomats arguing for intervention at the UN.
It does call to mind the sort of exchanges that took place in the Commons in the run-up to Iraq.
I'm Mark D'Arcy and I'll be writing about what goes on in the chambers and committee rooms at Westminster.
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