{"id":18726,"date":"2024-01-12T20:24:54","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T19:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/?p=18726"},"modified":"2026-01-14T03:40:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T03:40:14","slug":"parliamentarians-demand-discussion-on-military-operations-in-yemen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/parliamentarians-demand-discussion-on-military-operations-in-yemen\/","title":{"rendered":"Parliamentarians Demand Discussion on Military Operations in Yemen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"s3\"><span class=\"s4\" style=\"letter-spacing: 0em;\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Speaker of the House of Commons Lindsay Hoyle <\/span><\/span><a style=\"letter-spacing: 0em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/jan\/12\/no-immediate-plans-for-further-yemen-strikes-says-uk-armed-forces-minister\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"s5\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">emphasised<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s4\" style=\"letter-spacing: 0em;\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> the need to inform parliamentarians in real-time about the joint military actions of the United Kingdom and the United States in Yemen, rather than retroactively. Hoyle is ready to convene Parliament for discussions on the events before Monday.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s3\">\n<p class=\"s3\"><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Since the House of Commons concluded its weekly proceedings on Thursday, the possibility of holding sessions over the weekend depends on the urgency of the matter. However, Minister of Armed Forces James <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Heappey<\/span><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-67954799\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"s5\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">assured<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> that there are no immediate plans to launch additional strikes.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s3\">\n<p class=\"s3\"><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Nevertheless, amid growing concerns, some members of the Labour Party have already called for a parliamentary vote on further measures against the Houthi rebels. Former Shadow Chancellor<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">of the Exchequer John McDonnell <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnmcdonnellMP\/status\/1745516982147989829\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"s5\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">emphasised<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> the risks of military intervention in the Middle East and the necessity of parliamentary approval for such actions.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s3\">\n<p class=\"s3\"><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">The recent airstrikes marked the first direct military actions against Houthi forces since they intensified attacks on ships in the Red Sea. The Ministry of Defence in the United Kingdom reported that Royal Air Force aircraft, supported by the United States and other allies, conducted strikes against Houthi targets involved in recent attacks on military vessels.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaker of the House of Commons Lindsay Hoyle emphasised the need to inform parliamentarians in real-time about the joint military actions of the United Kingdom and the United States in Yemen, rather than retroactively. Hoyle is ready to convene Parliament for discussions on the events before Monday. Since the House of Commons concluded its weekly&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":18727,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[],"type_post":[],"column":[],"class_list":["post-18726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18726"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60003,"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18726\/revisions\/60003"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18726"},{"taxonomy":"type_post","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/type_post?post=18726"},{"taxonomy":"column","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/column?post=18726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}