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Asked by Mike WoodConservativeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled Answered 17 June 2026UIN 8069

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 27 May 2026 to Question 2053 on Treaties: Parliamentary Scrutiny, whether each country desk in her Department holds a list of extant international agreements in force with that country.

Answered by Seema Malhotra

All UK treaties are recorded online, and can be searched for by country, at https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/responsive/app/consolidatedSearch/.

However, it has not been the practice, either before or after 4 July 2024, for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to maintain a central list of Non-Legally Binding Instruments, and going department-by-department or country-by-country to collate such a list now is something that could only be done at disproportionate cost.

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