International Agreements Committee

LordsSelectest. 23 Apr 2020Email ↗● Actively Monitored
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Sessions analysed33
Commitments39
Positions143
Recommendations63

Latest Signals

15 Sept 2026UNIDO now presents itself as more transparent and evaluablePosition
“[Speaker: Matt Toombs] What genuine reforms have taken place? We have heard from the UNIDO team about the reforms it has been involved in and that the current director-general has been involved in leading. It is a smaller, more efficient organisation than it was when the multilateral aid review took place back in 2011, which, as you say, identified some real reasons for leaving at the time. It is more efficient, transparent and open.”
15 Sept 2026UK money has funded visible UNIDO delivery in steel, hydrogen and biogasPosition
15 Sept 2026UN80 reform is about mandate clarity and shared back-office servicesPosition
15 Sept 2026Scepticism that UNIDO is just bureaucracy without enough impactConcern
15 Sept 2026UNIDO says it has materially reformed since UK exitPosition
15 Sept 2026UNIDO frames energy as industrial transformation, not just accessPosition
15 Sept 2026Committee doubts UNIDO delivers enough on energy accessConcern
15 Sept 2026UNIDO says UK membership would add governance and accountability leveragePosition

Recent Sessions

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15 Sept 2026UNIDO rejoin: reform, scale and UK leverage
8 pos2 concern1 rec
21 Jul 2026Macolin convention: sports manipulation and enforcement
1 commit5 pos3 concern1 rec2 leg
14 Jul 2026Macolin convention: sports betting integrity and enforcement
1 commit2 pos4 concern2 rec1 leg
09 Jul 2026Macolin Convention and sports match-fixing
1 commit5 pos2 concern4 rec1 disag1 leg
30 Jun 2026UK-Poland treaty: defence, cyber and culture
2 commit6 pos1 concern1 disag
23 Jun 2026UK-Poland defence treaty: industry, cyber and NATO
3 pos4 concern2 rec

Recent Commitments

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Recent Recommendations

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Frequent Witnesses

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office5× · 45 insights
Department for Business and Trade4× · 29 insights
Chatham House3× · 12 insights
British Chambers of Commerce2× · 12 insights
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office1× · 15 insights
Department for Digital, Media, Culture and Sport1× · 12 insights

About this committee

The International Agreements Committee scrutinises international agreements to which the UK is party and examines the government's handling of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act procedure. This House of Lords Select Committee takes oral evidence from witnesses across government, business and expert sectors. Its inquiries examine both the substantive content of agreements and implementation challenges. The Committee has extensively examined the UK-India Free Trade Agreement across multiple sessions throughout 2025, hearing from business representatives, legal experts and government officials on trade policy, legal services recognition and implementation frameworks. It has also investigated broader UK trade policy mechanisms, including Most Favoured Nation clauses, National Board of Investement arrangements and the UK's accession to CPTPP. Recent work has extended to scrutiny of international cooperation on migration, including the government's small boats return agreement with France under the International Returns scheme.