Jesse Norman was permitted three minutes for his speech to the Commons in last Friday’s debate. But the contribution from the Conservative MP for Hereford & South Herefordshire was one of the more important backbench interventions — and no less important for being wide of the debate’s focus.
The House was being invited to support British intervention against the Islamic State.
Matthew Parris
Must MPs always vote before we go to war?
I don't agree with Jesse Norman's arguments about the Commons and the military. But the question he raises deserves more than a pat, pious response
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