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This essay will consider show the historically significant role of the royal prerogative and
its influence in modern society, particularly in such important matters as declaring war,
entering into treaties and conducting diplomacy. Furthermore, it will concentrate on the
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legal accountability of the prerogative powers in the Courts by analyzing decided cases
and will highlight the lack of Parliamentary control over the exercise of the prerogative by
the Government and consider the Governments steps towards abolishing some of the
prerogative powers.
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The history of the royal prerogative goes back to the time of the Stuarts, when the
doctrine of the Royal Prerogative was maintained by the King, lawyers and statesmen,
who had supported the royal authority that the Crown possessed under the name of the
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prerogative, as being a significant reserve of indefinite rights and powers 1. Until 1628,
the monarchy had most of the power over state institutions and the power to approve or
suspend statutes, and also the power to defend the realm from enemies and an
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undefined residue of power to be used for the public good 2. The King was not under a
duty to follow the advice of his Council; he could appoint the Council and dismissed it
when he wished. The circumstances under which Parliament used to meet much
depended on the Kings need to raise taxes, as it became unlawful to do this without
consulting Parliament.
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However, at the beginning of the 17th century, there were many disputes over the
undefined residue of prerogative power, as shown by the Case of Prohibitions 3 in 1608
based on a dispute concerning land. Furthermore, in 1611 when James I tried to use a
proclamation in order to limit the building of new homes in London and to ensure that
wheat was preserved for human consumption, it was stopped by the Kings Council and
1 AV Dicey,Introduction to the study of the Law of Constitution (Liberty Classics, Indianapolis 1982) 20.
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the Case of Proclamations4 was heard in the Court, where Coke CJ stated: ...the King
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hath no prerogative but that which the law of the land allows him 5.
This case and others such as the Ship Money Case 6 show an increasingly tense
relationship between King and Parliament, which continued until 1688 when the balance
2Royal Prerogative, HC Deb 21 April 1993 vol 223 cc484-92
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of power between them shifted significantly in favour of Parliament and the Bill of Rights
Act 1689 was enacted. Parliamentary sovereignty was then established.
It is not an easy task to define the Royal Prerogative, as it represents powers held by the
Crown over many centuries. Moreover, it is impossible to define the exact limits of such
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powers. Some powers, such as to press men into the Navy, are forgotten and out of use.
However, many are still important and in use, particularly in foreign affairs, such as the
power to make declarations of war and peace, enter into treaties, engage in diplomatic
relations, dispose armed forces overseas and issue passports7. Among the most
important prerogative powers exercised in domestic affairs are the powers to summon
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and dissolve Parliament, appoint ministers, give royal assent to Bills, defend the realm,
and grant royal mercy. These powers may be used by the Government as convenient
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instruments to avoid parliamentary scrutiny8. As Dicey pointed out: It leaves in the hands
of the Premier and his colleagues, large powers which can be exercised, and constantly
are exercised, free from Parliamentary control9. This raises the problems of accountability
discussed below.
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The power to enter into treaties is one of the main prerogative powers and recognises the
sovereignty of the state. It is considered to be an act that the executive can do without
consulting anybody - including the two Houses of Parliament. As Dicey stated : ...the right
of making treaties is one of the powers now left by law in the hands of the Crown, and
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exercised in fact by the executive government...10. However, in order to apply a treaty into
national law so that it has a legal effect in the country, Parliament must pass an
appropriate Act and, therefore, has a final say. For example, the European Communities
Act 1972 adjusted the laws of the United Kingdom into agreement with European law and,
in particular, gave effect in the U.K. to the Treaty of Rome which, at the time, governed
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the operation of the Common Market, the predecessor of the European Union. However,
in 1994, the case R v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs ex parte
Rees-Mogg 11considered the Maastricht Treaty which was presented for ratification in
Parliament. There was considerable opposition in Parliament, so significant that the
3 Prohibitions del Roy (1608) XII Co Rep 63.
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Government had doubt whether Parliaments approval would be achieved12. Therefore,
the then Prime Minister, John Major, announced the possibility of using the Royal
Prerogative to ratify the treaty without Parliaments approval. Mr Rees-Mogg challenged
this use of the prerogative. The court did not want to be involved and refused judicial
review, stating that the matter clearly fell within the Royal Prerogative. As Lord Woolf and
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Jeffrey Jowell observed, there are some decisions that the court is ill-equipped to review,
and then it is best to leave it to be decided in the political arena 13.
Diplomatic relations have always been of great significance and have been conducted
generally under the Royal Prerogative. Such diplomatic relations include recognition of
4 (1611)XII Co Rep 74.
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foreign states and their governments and presentation of the country in the world,
annexation and cession of territory and the declaration of war and peace. The power to
declare war and commit British forces to military operations is given to the Prime Minister
under the Royal Prerogative. Although Parliament has no legal power to examine such
decisions, Parliament is nevertheless informed by the government. The Government did
5 H Barnett, Constitutional & Administrative Law (sixth edition, Cavendish, Oxon 2006) 118.
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not seek Parliamentary approval for committing forces to the war in Yugoslavia in 1999
and in Afghanistan in 200114. However, there are political checks and balances which
make it more difficult to act without involving Parliament15. It seems that after Tony Blair
obtained approval from the House of Commons for the use of military forces in Iraq in
6R v Hampden (1637) 3 St Tr 825.
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2003, a precedent had been established16. The former Conservative chancellor Kenneth
Clarke said, though, that the Iraq vote had not been a good precedent because: ...with
troops in the field and the decision effectively already made by the Prime Minister,
7 N Forman, Constitutional change in the United Kingdom (Ebooks Corporation, London 2004) 197.
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Parliament had acted with a gun to its head17. Following this, there was much debate in
and outside Parliament about giving Parliament the possibility of the final say on whether
British troops should be sent to war. It was suggested that the Royal Prerogative is out of
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date and should not be used in a parliamentary democracy 18. It seems unlikely that any
future Prime Minister would dare to send military troops to war without consulting the
Parliament (although the power to do so under the prerogative would still seem to exist).
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At common law, citizens have the right to enter and leave the realm. However, in practice
it is almost impossible to travel without a passport, which is issued in the United Kingdom
under the prerogative. The issuing or withdrawing of passports under prerogative powers
has been criticised after four British men in 2005 had been freed from Guantanamo Bay
8 N Forman (n8) 197.
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and been denied passport facilities19 because they were suspected of being terrorists,
although the evidence of this was not clear. The Government does not have a legal
obligation to provide a passport, which ought to be a fundamental right of any citizen in
Britain. This position might be contrasted with that in the United States of America where
9 AV Dicey (n1) 310.
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the Supreme Court inAptheker v Secretary of State 20has held that freedom of travel is a
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basic constitutional liberty21. However, as it was shown in R v Secretary of State for
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs ex parte Everett(1989), the granting and withholding
10 A V Dicey (n1) 20 (citation omitted).
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of passports could be subject to judicial review 22, even though the court is still reluctant to
decide on matters of high policy.
The prerogative of mercy historically had been used to stop application of the death
penalty; now it is used to make changes in sentences or to remove a penalty. The Home
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Secretarys decision can be changed by judicial review, as happened in R v Secretary of
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State for the Home Department ex parte Bentley23, where the Home Secretary refused to
grant a pardon. A similar situation happened again recently when a football fan, Michael
Shields, had been convicted and jailed in Bulgaria for attempting to murder a barman
during the party after Liverpools victory in the Champions League. Although he had been
transferred into prison in Britain, the Justice Secretary Jack Straw stated that the
11[1994] 2 WLR 115.
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prerogative did not include the power to grant mercy in such an international case.
However, the Court decided that the Justice Secretary did have the "power and
jurisdiction" to exercise the ancient "royal prerogative" in the case of Shields, although it
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added that it is Mr. Straw, not the court, who should decide whether to exercise that
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power24.
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Although Professor Bogdanor described the constitutional monarchy as a state which is
12 H Barnett, Constitutional & Administrative Law (sixth edition, Cavendish, Oxon 2006) 141.
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headed by a Sovereign who reigns but does not rule25, the monarch still retains
significant residual powers. There are three main prerogative powers which are
personally exercised by the monarch.
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The first is exercised following a general election when the monarch has to choose the
next Prime Minister and invite him or her to form a government. By convention, the
monarch selects the leader of the party which has a majority in the House of Common.
However, there could be a difficult situation if the election finished without giving a
majority to any party.
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The second prerogative power exercised personally by the monarch is the power to
dissolve Parliament. The life of Parliament is not fixed by statute, and it is, at least
theoretically, the monarch who dissolves Parliament and calls a new election. In reality,
the monarch accepts the advice of the Prime Minister and grants dissolution when
bring bigger say for Parliament
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requested. Thus, although the power to dissolve Parliament is exercised in the name of
the Crown, practically it is left in the hands of the Prime Minister, who can use it free from
Parliamentary control or judicial oversight. A recent and interesting example of the
personal application of the Royal Prerogative power happened in Canada, when the
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representative of the Crown, the Governor-General of Canada, agreed to order
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suspension of Parliament26.
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Thirdly, there is the power to give royal assent to legislation, which is now a theoretical
power and Queen Victoria was the last monarch to sign the royal assent in person in
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185427.
Clearly, most of the prerogative powers are exercised by the executive and are outside
direct democratic control. Accountability of the executive is fundamental to any
democracy. When power is founded on the Royal Prerogative, but not on statute,
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democratic accountability suffers28. In practice, use of the prerogative is controlled in two
main ways. First, there is the political and statutory control by Parliament. Secondly,
there is judicial control by the courts, which is often exercised through judicial review
proceedings. However, the extent to which prerogative powers can be controlled by the
14 C Turpin and A Tomkins,British Government and the Constitution (6th edn, Cambridge, 2007) 465.
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courts remains doubtful and is an area of conflict29. This question of the accountability of
prerogative powers will be considered in more detail.
Parliament can exercise control of prerogative powers through statutes. The basic rule
since 1688 has been that Parliament is sovereign and can abolish or amend any
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prerogative power. This happened quite recently in a minor way in the Treasure Trove Act
1996, which abolished the prerogative power over treasure trove. However, there are still
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many prerogative powers that Parliament could abolish but does not wish to do so30.
When Parliament has legislated for a matter previously falling within prerogative power,
the statute will prevail. An example of this is shown in Attorney General v de Keysers
15 J Samiloff (n14).
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Royal Hotel Ltd 31 where the Government argued that their requisitioning of the hotel
during the war was taken under a prerogative power to defend the realm, without any duty
to pay compensation. However, it was held that the Defence of the Realm Act 1914
prevailed and the owner of the hotel was entitled to compensation under that Act. In
16 A King, The British Constitution (Oxford, Norfolk 2007) 342.
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Laker Airways v Department of Trade 32, the Government tried to use the prerogative to
block the flying licence granted under statute, but it was held that the Government cannot
use its prerogative power to defeat a statutory power.
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Furthermore, Ministers are accountable to Parliament for the exercise of prerogative
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powers, as they are for the exercise of any other powers33. Parliament, in theory, can
control the Governments exercise of prerogative powers by using its scrutiny process,
such as question time, debates and Select Committees and ordering public enquiries34.
However, in practice many matters like appointment of ministers, national security,
dissolution of Parliament and diplomatic relations are immune from such scrutiny.
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Importantly, Parliament also controls the exercise of prerogative powers by controlling the
supply of finance to the Government. Although the Government may have the legal power
to take certain actions under the prerogative (or, of course, under various statutes), it can
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only do so to the extent that Parliament has provided the necessary funds for such
actions.
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Lastly, judicial intervention needs to be considered. Until relatively recently, courts would
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not interfere with the exercise of prerogative powers35. Even in 1978, in Gouriet v AG 36,
the majority of the judges refused to review the decision of the Attorney-General not to
prevent the strike of a union in support of the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa.
However, since the GCHQ case37, where the right of workers to belong to a trade union
was terminated under the prerogative, the courts have established the principle of the
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possibility of judicial review over prerogative powers. In that case, the court heard and
considered the challenge to the exercise of the prerogative power, although it held that
there are some matters, such as appointment of ministers, dissolution of Parliament and
in this case national security, which cannot be subjected to review by the court.
Therefore, the courts have limited or no power where use of the prerogative involves
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matters of high policy, which are best to be left to be decided in the political arena38.
Lord Roskill stated:
Prerogative powers such as those relating to...the defence of the realm...as well as others
are not, I think, susceptible to judicial review because their nature and subject matter are
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such as not to be amenable to the judicial process. The courts are not the place wherein
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to determine whether... the armed forces disposed in a particular manner39.
Although the trade union failed in the GCHQ case, the case was the turning point for
judicial review, since the court agreed to review use of the prerogative, especially when
this relates to issues of individual rights. Later, for example, in R v Ministry of Defence ex
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parte Smith 40, the court expressed willingness to review the question whether
homosexuals were allowed to serve in the army, which is a matter falling under the
prerogative.
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Although it had already been indicated in BBC v Johns 41 that no more prerogatives can
be established in the future, the case R v Secretary of State for the Home Department ex
parte Northumbria Police Authority42 shows a fine line between updating a prerogative
power and creating a new one, and the fundamental difficulty of identifying and defining
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prerogative powers43.
A contemporary example of the extension of the principles of judicial review that was
applied to challenge the exercise of the prerogative is R. (Bancoult) v Secretary of State
2008.
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for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 44 relating to the Chagos islanders. By Orders in
Council issued under the prerogative, the Crown forbade the exiled Chagossian people
from returning to their islands. Clarke M.R. and Sedley L.J. in the High Court over-ruled
the Orders as being an abuse of prerogative power by the executive. More specifically,
the court held that it was not open to the executive to remove a whole people from its
19 BBC news, Q&A: Royal Prerogative
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homeland. The courts decision was upheld in the Court of Appeal but then over-ruled by
majority decision of the House of Lords. The case highlighted the argument that the
inclusion of prerogative Orders in Council in the definition of primary legislation in the
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Human Rights Act 1998 is incompatible with modern constitutional theory45. The Act
states that courts may not strike down primary legislation on the grounds that it is
incompatible with the Act but may only issue a declaration of incompatibility. This
mechanism is of course intended to preserve the sovereignty of Parliament and is
appropriate when primary legislation means Acts of Parliament. However, it is
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unsatisfactory for the Human Rights Act to extend this protection to prerogative Orders in
Council which are issued without reference to Parliament.
In conclusion, there is much deserved criticism of the prerogative powers and the royal
prerogative does seems illogical and non-democratic in many ways, mainly due to it
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uncontrolled nature. However, it can be argued that any state needs an emergency power
for the executive. Such power might be used in state security matters or international
relations, where due to high policy and secrecy wide scrutiny cannot be exercised. The
main issue is the democratic accountability of the prerogative powers and the control of
the institutions which exercise them. Accountability is fundamental to any democracy.
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When power is founded not on statute, but on the Royal Prerogative, accountability
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suffers46. Control of the prerogative might be easier if all prerogative powers exercised by
the executive and by the monarch, were specified and placed under statute; then such
powers might be recognised as compatible with the democratic state 47. Although it is not
clear whether the prerogative power to commit forces in a war or other conflict situation
will ever be relinquished by the executive, the developing convention to consult
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Parliament in such circumstances may come to form a part of the constitution which
would be a positive step toward constitutional reform.
In the recent Constitutional Renewal White Paper 2008, proposals where made for
placing at least some of the prerogative powers on the statute book, which would make
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the powers justiciable and better controlled. The statute would require the Prime Minister
to seek Parliaments approval before committing military forces abroad. Exceptions would
be made for emergency and secrecy matters, with a requirement to inform, and then seek
retrospective approval. If those changes are agreed, it would define for the first time a
21 A Barnett (ed),Power and the Throne (Vintage, London 1994)139.
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clear role for Parliament in the most critical of the nations decisions48. However, it seems
unlikely that Parliamentary time will be allocated to the matter in the near future.
Nevertheless, it seems inevitable that the U.K. Governments present ability to exercise
considerable power under the prerogative and without clear and specific democratic
accountability will become increasingly untenable, not least because of external pressure
22 A Barnett (ed),Power and the Throne (n21)139.
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from the Strasbourg court of human rights and perhaps from other human rights
provisions to be developed under EU law. Paradoxically, statutory control of prerogative
powers will result in greater judicial intervention in what may be considered by some to be
political or semi-political matters and thus objectionable to them for that reason.
23 1993 Div Ct.
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However, if much greater parliamentary control is achieved as well, the result should be
of major overall benefit to the good government of the country.
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