HL Deb 30 October 2001 vol 627 cc151-2WA
Baroness Wilcox

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Further to the Question by Lord Strathclyde (H.L. Deb., col. 283) and the reply by Lord Williams of Mostyn (H.L. Deb., col. 286) on 8 October, whether it is legally correct to state that the United Kingdom is at war; and, if so, with whom. [HL796]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Amos)

The military coalition is engaged in an armed conflict in self-defence against those who perpetrated the terrorist attack of 11 September and those who harbour and sustain them.