Treaties

The government signs treaties itself. Before most can be ratified it must lay them before Parliament for 21 sitting days, under the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010. Either House can resolve against ratification in that time. After a Lords objection the government can still go ahead by laying a statement; a Commons objection starts the 21 days again, and can be repeated.

35 laid in the last 12 months; 10 of them still in scrutiny.

338 treaties, page 4 of 7

Agreement, done at Tirana on 8 July 2021, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Albania on the Readmission of Persons
Laid 14 September 2021 · Home Office · CP 521
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 1 committee item
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Global Convention, done at Paris on 25 November 2019, on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education
Laid 20 July 2021 · Department for Education · CP 497
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 1 committee item
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Free Trade Agreement, done at London on 8 July 2021, between Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein and the Kingdom of Norway and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Laid 16 July 2021 · Department for International Development · CP 496
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 9 committee items
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Agreement, done at Rome on 22 September 2020, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Italian Republic concerning the Protection of Classified Information
Laid 29 June 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · CP 465
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 1 committee item
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Agreement, done at Brussels on 1 December 2020, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium concerning the Protection of Classified Information
Laid 25 June 2021 · Cabinet Office · CP 462
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 1 committee item
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Agreement, done at Riga on 17 December 2020, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Latvia concerning the Protection of Classified Information
Laid 18 June 2021 · Cabinet Office · CP 448
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 1 committee item
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Protocol, done at Moscow on 27 May 2021, of amendments to the Agreement,between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Soviet Union concerning the Prevention of Incidents at Sea beyond the Territorial Sea 15 July 1986
Laid 16 June 2021 · Ministry of Defence · CP 451
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 1 committee item
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Agreement, done at Tallinn on 11 March 2021, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Estonia concerning the Protection of Classified Information
Laid 16 June 2021 · Cabinet Office · CP 447
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 1 committee item
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Agreement, done at Bern on 1 June 2021, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Swiss Confederation on the Mutual Recognition of their Authorised Economic Operator Programmes
Laid 16 June 2021 · HM Treasury · CP 452
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 1 committee item
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Protocol, done at London on 16 December 2020, amending the Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Japan for Co-operation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (with Agreed Minutes)
Laid 7 June 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · CP 443
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 2 committee items
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Treaty, done at Iquitos on 19 May 2018, on the Mutual Recognition of Degrees between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Peru (with Exchange of Notes)
Laid 17 May 2021 · Department for Education · CP 431
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 1 committee item
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Partnership, Trade and Cooperation Agreement, done at Belgrade on 16 April 2021, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Serbia
Laid 11 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · CP 433
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 1 committee item
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Interim Agreement establishing an Economic Partnership Agreement, done at London on 9 March 2021, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the one part and the Republic of Cameroon, of the other part
Laid 20 April 2021 · Department for International Trade · CP 418
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 8 committee items
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Interim Trade Partnership Agreement, done at London on 2 March 2021, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the one part and the Republic of Ghana, of the other part
Laid 20 April 2021 · Department for International Trade · CP 393
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 5 committee items
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Trade Continuity Agreement, done at Mexico City on 15 December 2020, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United Mexican States
Laid 26 February 2021 · Department for International Trade · CP 371
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 6 committee items
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Free Trade Agreement, done at Ankara on 29 December 2020, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Turkey (with Exchange of Letters)
Laid 24 February 2021 · Department for International Trade · CP 372
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 4 committee items
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Agreement, done at Oslo on 16 December 2020, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Kingdom of Norway concerning Air Services
Laid 22 February 2021 · Department for Transport · CP 384
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 2 committee items
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Agreement, done at Reykjavik on 9 December and London on 16 December 2020, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Iceland concerning Air Services
Laid 22 February 2021 · Department for Transport · CP 386
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 1 committee item
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Partnership, Trade and Cooperation Agreement, done at Tirana on 5 February 2021, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Albania
Laid 19 February 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · CP 395
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 2 committee items
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Headquarters Agreement, done at London on 3 February and Paris on 9 February 2021, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Square Kilometre Array Observatory
Laid 19 February 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · CP 396
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 1 committee item
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Temporary Agreement, done at London on 14 December 2020, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Swiss Confederation on Services Mobility (with Exchange of Letters)
Laid 25 January 2021 · Department for International Trade · CP 374
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 6 committee items
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Agreement, done at London on 9 December and Berne on 15 December 2020, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Swiss Confederation on Police Cooperation
Laid 20 January 2021 · Home Office · CP 369
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 4 committee items
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Strategic Partnership, Trade and Cooperation Agreement, done at Chisinau on 24 December 2020, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Moldova
Laid 18 January 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · CP 370
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 2 committee items
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Agreement, done at Sarajevo on 1 December 2020, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina on International Road Transport
Laid 12 January 2021 · Department for Transport · CP 364
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 1 committee item
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Agreement, done at Pristina on 11 December 2020, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Kosovo on International Road Transport
Laid 12 January 2021 · Department for Transport · CP 365
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 1 committee item
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Free Trade Agreement, done at London on 29 December 2020, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
Laid 8 January 2021 · Department for International Trade · CP 367
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 2 committee items
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Economic Partnership Agreement, done at London on 8 December 2020, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the one part, and the Republic of Kenya, a Member of the East African Community, of the other part
Laid 17 December 2020 · Department for International Trade · CP 339
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 5 committee items
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Agreement, done at London on 8 December 2020, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway on Trade in Goods
Laid 16 December 2020 · Department for International Trade · CP 328
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 3 committee items
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Free Trade Agreement, done at Singapore on 10 December 2020, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Singapore
Laid 15 December 2020 · Department for International Trade · CP 356
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 4 committee items
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Agreement, done at Cairo on 5 December 2020, establishing an Association between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Arab Republic of Egypt
Laid 14 December 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · CP 350
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 2 committee items
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Partnership, Trade and Cooperation Agreement, done at Skopje on 3 December 2020, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of North Macedonia
Laid 10 December 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · CP 348
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 3 committee items
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Agreement, done at Ottawa on 9 December 2020, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Canada on Trade Continuity
Laid 10 December 2020 · Department for International Trade · CP 351
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 4 committee items
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Agreement, done at Mexico City on 30 November 2020, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United Mexican States on the mutual recognition and protection of designations for spirit drinks
Laid 8 December 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · CP 345
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 2 committee items
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Air Transport Agreement, done at Washington on 10 November 2020 and at London on 17 November 2020, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the United States of America
Laid 30 November 2020 · Department for Transport · CP 336
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 2 committee items
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Convention, done at Lugano on 30 October 2007, on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters and Amendments to the Convention of 2011/2014/2016
Laid 10 November 2020 · Ministry of Justice · CP 319
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 3 committee items
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Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement, done at London on 15 October 2020, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the one part, and Côte d'Ivoire, of the other part
Laid 10 November 2020 · Department for International Trade · CP 320
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 5 committee items
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Framework Agreement on Fisheries, done at Copenhagen on 29 October 2020, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Faroes
Laid 10 November 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · CP 317
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 2 committee items
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Political, Free Trade and Strategic Partnership Agreement, done at London on 8 October 2020, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Ukraine
Laid 6 November 2020 · Department for International Trade · CP 312
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 3 committee items
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Agreement, done at London on 13 October 2020, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Kingdom of Norway on the continued application and amendment of the convention providing for the reciprocal recognition and enforcement of judgements in civil matters
Laid 4 November 2020 · Ministry of Justice · CP 314
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 2 committee items
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Agreement, done at Tokyo on 23 October 2020, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Japan for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership
Laid 23 October 2020 · Department for International Trade · CP 311
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 38 committee items
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Framework Agreement on Fisheries, done at London on 30 September 2020, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Kingdom of Norway
Laid 19 October 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · CP 308
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 4 committee items
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Agreement, done at Washington on 16 June 2020, in the form of an exchange of notes between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the United States of America on Technology Safeguards associated with United States Participation in Space Launches from the United Kingdom
Laid 15 October 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · CP 307
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 3 committee items
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Amended Schedules to the Agreement on Government Procurement as a result of the Protocol, done at Geneva on 30 March 2012, Amending the Agreement on Government Procurement entering into force for Switzerland
Laid 7 October 2020 · Cabinet Office · CP 304
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 2 committee items
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Final Act of the International Conference and Decision by the Energy Charter Conference in respect of the Amendment to the Trade-Related Provisions of the Energy Charter Treaty, done at Brussels on 24 April 1998
Laid 2 September 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · CP 286
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 2 committee items
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Special Arrangement, done at Brussels on 7 July 2020, between the Government of the French Republic, the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium, the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning Security Matters relating to Trains using the Channel Fixed Link
Laid 13 August 2020 · Department for Transport · CP 284
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 2 committee items
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Agreement, done at The Hague on 10 July 2020, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands concerning Border Controls on Rail Traffic between the Netherlands and the United Kingdom using the Channel Fixed Link
Laid 13 August 2020 · Home Office · CP 254
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 2 committee items
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Agreement, done at Brussels on 7 July 2020, between the Government of the French Republic, the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium, the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland amending and supplementing the Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium, the Government of the French Republic and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, concerning Rail Traffic between Belgium and the United Kingdom using the Channel Fixed Link with Protocol, done at Brussels on 15 December 1993
Laid 13 August 2020 · Home Office · CP 283
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 2 committee items
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Agreement, done at Warsaw on 29 May 2020, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Poland on the Participation in Certain Elections of Nationals of Each Country Resident in the Territory of the Other
Laid 8 June 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office · CP 245
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 2 committee items
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Agreement, done at London on 26 October 2019, in the form of an exchange of notes between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco in respect of Protocol 4 of the Agreement establishing an Association between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Kingdom of Morocco
Laid 21 May 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office · CP 233
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 3 committee items
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Convention, done at Rotterdam on 30 January 2017, on Cinematographic Co-Production (Revised)
Laid 12 March 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · CP 234
Scrutiny concluded: can be ratified · 1 committee item
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