Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Department's guidance on treaties and non-binding instruments (‘NBIs’).

I refer the Hon Member to the Government's published guidance "Treaties and Memoranda of Understanding: Guidance on Practice and Procedures", which is available at www.gov.uk/government/publications/treaties-and-mous-guidance-on-practice-and-procedures; individual Departments are responsible for the implementation of treaties and non-legally binding instruments within their areas of responsibility. In accordance with the Government's response to the House of Lords International Agreements Committee published on 3 December 2025, the Government is currently engaging with the Committee on a review of this guidance, and updated guidance will be published on gov.uk in due course.