A Bill to provide for the implementation of the United Kingdom’s free trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand to be subject to approval by resolution by each House of Parliament; and for connected purposes.
This bill requires that the United Kingdom’s free trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand can only be implemented once both Houses of Parliament have passed a formal resolution approving them. It covers how the deals would be put into effect and related changes needed for implementation. The bill started in the House of Commons and will move through the usual parliamentary stages.
The bill is currently at its 1st reading in the House of Commons and will move through the normal stages (2nd and 3rd readings, potential committee stage) before any final approval.
In the two recorded divisions, the bill passed by large margins: Second Reading 309 Aye, 56 No; Third Reading 294 Aye, 46 No. The Conservatives, Reform UK and the DUP voted in favour, while Liberal Democrats, SNP and Plaid Cymru voted against in these divisions.
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The 2022-2023 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.