Ministerial statement: treaty should nonetheless be ratified

If either House approves a motion that a treaty should not be ratified then the Government can issue a statement stating that the treaty should be ratified regardless of the House's decision. This would trigger objection period B to start in the House of Commons.

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Librarian notes

Scope note: Will likely follow the Commons rejection of a treaty (which does not stop the treaty dead like it does for statutory instruments)

Link note: Written statement

Date note: Date of the statement

Publication name: House of Commons Written Statements website

Publication URL: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements?Page=1&House=Commons&Expanded=True

Step identifier

https://id.parliament.uk/2sXm5fVO

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