The position is that CETA has to be ratified by all 28 member states of the European Union. Under our system, that means that the treaty—for that is what this is—must be laid before Parliament under the terms of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 and that can, if Members so wish, provide the trigger for a debate.
Business of the House
Proceeding contribution from
David Lidington
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 17 November 2016.
It occurred during Business statement on Business of the House.
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