The Lords and the constitution
Sir: You ask (28 June) what I would have said if the House of Commons had rejected the Government's sanctions order, made to imple- ment the Security Councrs decision under Article 25.
The question is purely hypothetical, since, by definition, the Governmeat has the support of the majority of the House of Commons.
But the action of the Opposition, which you appear to approve, in voting to withhold sup- port from a Security Council decision which it knows it would be its duty to accept if it were in power, was dangerously misleading, to say the least.
Of course, the Opposition, had it been in power, might have used its veto in the Security Council, in which case there would have been no decision and the question in the House of Commons would not have arisen. Gordon Evans 7 Gerald Road, London SW1 The Government Chief Whip will no doubt be grateful for Mr Evans's reassurance that `by definition' the Government has the support of the majority of the House of Commons, even if this does do him out of a job.—Editor,
SPECTATOR.
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