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Parliamentary scrutiny of treaties is important - like other laws they can directly impact our daily lives. In December 2020, the House of Lords Liaison Committee recommended the appointment of an International Agreements Committee. This was established in January 2021, following on from the work of the EU International Agreements Sub-Committee, which operated during the Brexit transition period. The creation of these new committees highlighted the inadequacy of the previous scrutiny regime for treaties in the UK, which are normally laid under the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, but were almost never subject to analysis, debate or votes. This paper is the text of a talk delivered to Durham Law School in March 2021 and considers the challenges of treaty scrutiny under the 2010 Act. |
