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Review of treaty scrutiny

Inquiry

The International Agreements Committee (IAC) is the principal body in Parliament tasked with scrutinising treaties under the framework established by the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (CRAG). Since its establishment in 2020, the IAC has issued two reports on working practices and has made recommendations to Government on how to make treaty scrutiny more effective within the CRAG framework. This short inquiry will review treaty scrutiny practice and consider how treaty scrutiny could be further improved.

The report Treaty Scrutiny in Westminster: Addressing the Accountability Gap was published 11 September 2025, the Government Response was published 3 December 2025 and the report was debated 16 March 2026

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was 5:00pm on 16 May 2025.

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Past events

Tuesday 2 September 2025
4:00pm Private
Private meeting 2 September 2025
Room 1, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 10 June 2025
4:00pm Public
5:00pm Private
Review of treaty scrutiny - Oral evidence 10 June 2025
4:00pm
  • Catherine West MP (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office)
  • Naomi Davey (Legal Director at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO))
Room 2, Palace of Westminster
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)
Room 2, 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

Contact us

  • Email: HLIntlAgreements@parliament.uk
  • 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