[1] The bill sought to transfer the power to authorise military strikes against Iraq from the monarch to Parliament.
[2] It was presented by Tam Dalyell and supported by Tony Benn, Harry Cohen, Jeremy Corbyn, George Galloway, Neil Gerrard, Ian Gibson, John McAllion, Alice Mahon, Robert Marshall-Andrews, Dennis Skinner and Audrey Wise.
As a bill modifying the monarch's prerogative powers, Queen's Consent was required before it could be debated in Parliament.
[5][6] Due to the Crown's continuing refusal to signify its consent to the bill being debated, it could not receive its second reading on 23 July 1999.
[7][8][9] When military action against Iraq was eventually organised in 2003, the government sought parliamentary approval on 18 March 2003, one day before the invasion began, although no powers under the royal prerogative were thereby transferred to Parliament.