Date and time: Thursday 17 October 2013 at 10.00 am

Location:  Wilson Room, Portcullis House

In the first session of this inquiry the Committee will question constitutional academics on how best to enshrine in law Parliament’s role in conflict decisions, following a commitment made by Foreign Secretary William Hague in March 2011.

Witnesses:

10.00 am: Professor Philippe Sands, Professor of Law, University College London

10.30 am: Professor Nigel White, Professor of Public international Law, University of Nottingham

11.00 am: Sebastian Payne, Lecturer in Constitutional and Administrative Law, University of Kent

Committee Membership is as follows:  Mr Graham Allen (Chair) (Nottingham North), Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch), Paul Flynn (Newport West) Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East), Andrew Griffiths (Burton), Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East), Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire), Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central), Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest), Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight) and Stephen Williams (Bristol West).

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