Parliamentary Scrutiny of Trade Agreements Bill

Presentation and First Reading (Standing Order No. 57)

Clive Jones, supported by Mr Alistair Carmichael, Daisy Cooper, Sarah Gibson, Mr Joshua Reynolds, Tom Morrison, Andrew George and Sarah Olney, presented a Bill to provide for parliamentary approval of international trade agreements; to require the Secretary of State to publish a proposed negotiating mandate in draft before entering into negotiations in respect of an international trade agreement; to require parliamentary approval of that draft before negotiations begin; to make provision for the amendment of draft negotiating mandates by Parliament; and for connected purposes.

Bill read the First time; to be read a Second time on Friday 16 May, and to be printed (Bill 227).