Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 38274
Trade Agreements: USA
Tabled: 13 March 2025
Answered: 18 March 2025
Question
Clive Jones
Liberal Democrat — Wokingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what (a) oversight and (b) governance procedures will prospective US-UK trade negotiations be subject to from (i) Parliament and (ii) external stakeholders.
Answer
Mr Douglas AlexanderAny treaty signed between the UK and the US that requires ratification will be subject to the scrutiny procedure under the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010. The CRaG process requires that a treaty, along with an Explanatory Memorandum, be lai...
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