Review of treaty scrutiny

International Agreements Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 15 May 2024 Closed: 16 Mar 2026 Parliament page
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 … Read more
1 Report
6 Oral sessions
2 Letters
9 Events
Activity timeline 13 events
Oral evidence sessions 6 sessions
Catherine West MP · Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office Naomi Davey · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
Glenn Worthington · House of Representatives, Parliament of Australia Julia Morris · Parliament of Australia Klara Fay · Parliament of Australia
Andrew Keller · US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Curtis Bradley · University of Chicago
Professor Emily Jones · Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford Professor Holger Hestermeyer · Monckton Chambers Professor Lorand Bartels MBE · University of Cambridge
Arabella Lang · Essex Law School and Human Rights Centre, University of Essex Professor Katja Ziegler · University of Leicester Professor Mario Mendez · Queen Mary University London
Alexander Horne · Hackett & Dabbs LLP Jill Barrett · Queen Mary University of London
Correspondence 2 letters
27 Mar 2025 To committee Letter from The Minister for the Indo-Pacific to the Chair of the International Agreements Committee (25 March 2025)
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3 Mar 2025 To committee Letter from the Chair, to the Rt Hon David Lammy MP, Secretary of State at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (27 February 2025)
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