Source · Select Committees · Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Recommendation 15
15
Paragraph: 68
Amend legislation to establish criteria and statement requirement for urgent treaty bypass.
Recommendation
We recognise that, while rare, there may be circumstances where a treaty needs to enter into force as a matter of urgency. To account for such circumstances, the amended legislation should set out the criteria under which the Government should be able to bypass the sifting committee and proceed straight to the approval debate and vote, but it must nevertheless require the Minister to make a statement to the House setting out the reasons why the urgent procedure is being used in that particular case. This provision should not be able to be used once the process set out in Paragraphs 65–67 above has started - that is once the treaty has been provided to the sifting committee.
Paragraph Reference:
68
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 18 April 2024. Response attribution to this recommendation has not been verified. Read the response document ↗