Part of Leader of the House – in the House of Commons at 10:30 am on 8 May 2008.
Simon Hughes
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons, Party Chair, Liberal Democrats
10:30,
8 May 2008
The statement by the Deputy Leader of the House on the Government's plans for the future is welcome. However, she will be aware that even since the beginning of this Session, the UK has entered into five international treaties, including an important one on sentencing with the International Criminal Court. Will she consider a proposal to allow us to look at treaties that will come down the pipeline between now and the eventual passage of a Constitutional Renewal Bill, which could take two or three years to come into effect? All colleagues, in both Houses, would welcome the chance to see the treaties in draft and express a view on them, and that cannot be too difficult to arrange.