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Considered by the International Agreements Committee (IAC) Procedures with step depth

House of Lords

A step of type Business step.

International Agreements Committee (IAC) is responsible, as of January 2021, for considering treaties subject to CRaG laid before the House. The committee can either draw special attention to a treaty or report it for information.

There is 1 procedure.

  1. Considered by the International Agreements Committee (IAC) has step depth 13.1999998092651 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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