Written questions

Trade Agreements: USA

Commons · Question 38274 · Tabled 13 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 18 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Clive Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what (a) oversight and (b) governance procedures will prospective US-UK trade negotiations be subject to from (i) Parliament and (ii) external stakeholders.

Answer

Answered by Douglas Alexander, 18 Mar 2025

Any treaty signed between the UK and the US that requires ratification will be subject to the scrutiny procedure under the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010. The CRaG process requires that a treaty, along with an Explanatory Memorandum, be lai...