I only believe this after seeing an official source, because this tweet is erroneous on several aspects:
- MPs don't get a vote on ratification. Never did. Not provided for in UK law.
- MPs vote on implementing legislation. They'd have to for provisional application (thread)
- MPs don't get a vote on ratification. Never did. Not provided for in UK law.
- MPs vote on implementing legislation. They'd have to for provisional application (thread)
https://twitter.com/PippaCrerar/status/1341012259598987272
Some more detail: UK law knows TWO ways of treaty control:
CRaG treaty scrutiny - which relates to ratification and does not include a mandatory vote
Treaty implementing legislation. Here a vote is required.
CRaG treaty scrutiny - which relates to ratification and does not include a mandatory vote
Treaty implementing legislation. Here a vote is required.
The only exception to this I am aware of is the "meaningful vote" that a statute provided for with regard to the withdrawal agreement. That was the one instance in which Parliament had a mandatory vote on a treaty for ratification purposes. It did not work well. It was abolished.
In light of this insisting that a treaty won't be provisionally applied makes no real difference from the UK side: IMHO the prior vote on implementing legislation convention would apply here too.
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