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Trade Agreements: Parliamentary Scrutiny

Commons · Question 11149 · Tabled 24 Oct 2024 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 31 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Clive Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2024 to Question 8571 on Trade Agreements: Parliamentary Scrutiny, what options he is considering for wider scrutiny arrangements for trade agreements.

Answer

Answered by Douglas Alexander, 31 Oct 2024

The Government is considering all aspects of this issue. All arrangements must be proportionate and in line with the UK’s overarching constitutional framework. We need to balance effective parliamentary scrutiny whilst still ensuring the Government can ne...