Question follow-through · 88457
Trade Agreements: Parliamentary Scrutiny
To ask the Leader of the House, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of improving parliamentary scrutiny procedures for international trade agreements.
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- Answering body
- Leader of the House
- Tabled
- 5 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 8 Dec 2025 · 33 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Leader of the House, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of improving parliamentary scrutiny procedures for international trade agreements.
8 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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8 Dec 2025
Answer published
Effective parliamentary scrutiny of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) is vital. The Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (CRaG) gives Parliament the statutory right to scrutinise treaties prior to ratification, and includes the power to block ratifica...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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