Committees

International Agreements Committee

Lords Select Committee

The Committee scrutinises all treaties that are laid before Parliament under the terms of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 and considers the Government's conduct of negotiations with states and other international partners.

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Upcoming events

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Tuesday 3 June 2025
9:00am Public
10:15am Private
Review of treaty scrutiny - Oral evidence 3 June 2025
9:00am
  • Glenn Worthington (Clerk Assistant (Committees) at House of Representatives, Parliament of Australia)
  • Klara Fay (Secretary to the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties at Parliament of Australia)
  • Julia Morris (former Secretary to the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties at Parliament of Australia)
To be confirmed

Past events

Tuesday 20 May 2025
4:45pm Private
Private meeting 20 May 2025
Room 1, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 13 May 2025
4:00pm Public
5:15pm Private
Review of treaty scrutiny - Oral evidence 13 May 2025
4:00pm
  • Curtis Bradley (Allen M. Singer Distinguished Service Professor of Law at University of Chicago)
  • Andrew Keller (former General Counsel at US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations)
Room 1, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 6 May 2025
2:30pm Private
3:00pm Public
Review of treaty scrutiny - Oral evidence 6 May 2025
3:00pm
  • Professor Holger Hestermeyer (Professor of International and EU Law, Vienna Diplomatic Academy, door tenant at Monckton Chambers)
  • Professor Emily Jones (Professor of Practice in Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Governance at University of Oxford)
  • Professor Lorand Bartels MBE (Chair of the Trade and Agriculture Commission, Professor of International Law at University of Cambridge)
Room 2, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 23 April 2025
2:00pm Public
Review of treaty scrutiny - Oral evidence 23 April 2025
2:00pm
  • Professor Katja Ziegler (Sir Robert Jennings Professor of International Law at University of Leicester)
  • Arabella Lang (Head of Public Law, Law Society of England and Wales and Visiting Fellow at Essex Law School and Human Rights Centre, University of Essex)
  • Professor Mario Mendez (Professor of Law at Queen Mary University London)
Room 3, Palace of Westminster

Contact us

  • Email: HLIntlAgreements@parliament.uk (Committee Staff)
  • Phone: 020 7219 4585 (committee staff) | 07725 496856 (Press Officer)
  • Address: International Agreements Sub-Committee, House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW. For media enquiries please contact: Aneela Mahmood, Press and Media Officer mahmooda@parliament.uk