Informational copy of a free trade agreement withdrawn from the House of Lords
A step of type Business step.
Once a treaty has been signed with trading partners, the government can decide to lay an informational copy of the agreement before Parliament. The papers allow parliamentary scrutiny to take place without invoking the treaty procedure under Part 2 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010.
Librarian notes
Scope note: We might be expected to see such a withdrawal of a report under Papers laid in the Commons and Lords. We should actualise both the Commons and Lords step together as we’re pointing the link at the paper not the Vote/Lords Minute.
Link note: Lords paper minute link
Date note: Date withdrawn