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Withdrawal Agreement Bill: Ratifying the Withdrawal Agreement

Published on: 23 October 2019

Table of contents

  • What is the default requirement for ratifying treaties in the UK?
  • What are the UK’s requirements for ratification of the Withdrawal Agreement?
  • So why is the Government trying to ratify?
  • What does the WAB do?

Article summary

Public Law analysis: In this analysis, Graeme Cowie, Senior Library Clerk (Constitutional Law) at the House of Commons Library, looks at how treaties are ratified in the UK, what the UK’s ratification requirements are for the Withdrawal Agreement, and how the government proposes to meet or replace them in the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill (WAB).

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