Ministerial statement relating to a bill implementing the treaty Procedures with step depth

House of Commons

A step of type Business step.

Sometimes Parliament may be asked to pass legislation if changes to domestic law are needed to implement a treaty. This is because treaties do not form an integral part of UK domestic law. Legislation will not always be necessary. Where it is, it will often only concern specific provisions of a treaty, not the whole treaty. During the passage of a bill implementing a treaty, a minister might make a statement related to implementation.

There is 1 procedure.

1. Ministerial statement relating to a bill implementing the treaty has step depth 19.1 in the Treaties subject to the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 procedure