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Home Affairs Committee recommended that the House be able to record its view as to whether the treaty should be ratified Procedures with step depth

House of Commons

A step of type Business step.

The Home Affairs Committee can make a number of recommendations to Parliament about a treaty subject to the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010.

There is 1 procedure.

  1. Home Affairs Committee recommended that the House be able to record its view as to whether the treaty should be ratified has step depth 8.30000019073486 in the Treaties subject to the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 procedure

    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.

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