Treaties subject to the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 International Trade Committee (ITC) recommended a debate on a substantive motion take place during period A
A treaty may be ratified if the Commons does not resolve against ratification within 21 sitting days. A Minister may extend this period. If the Commons resolves against ratification, a Minister may make a statement in disagreement, following which the Commons may consider for a further 21 sitting days. Even if the Lords resolves against ratification, a Minister may make a statement that the treaty be ratified. A Minister may determine a treaty be ratified without it being laid before Parliament.
Follows the calculation style Treaty periods A and B.
A step of type Business step.
The International Trade Committee (ITC) can make a number of recommendations to Parliament about a treaty subject to the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 including, but not limited to, that the treaty should not be ratified, that a debate be scheduled or that the objection period should be extended.
There is 1 business item.
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Free Trade Agreement, done at London on 28 February 2022, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and New Zealand
On 18 October 2022.