Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 16921

Treaties: Parliamentary Scrutiny

Tabled: 8 July 2026

Answered: 13 July 2026

Question

Mike Wood

Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 29 May 2025, to Question 2053, on Treaties: Parliamentary Scrutiny, for what policy reason does the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office not

Answer

Seema Malhotra

The Hon Member's proposal has been rejected by successive governments, due primarily to the impracticality of the exercise, and the bureaucratic burden it would create.I refer the Hon Member in particular to the then government's response to the Public Ad...

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