{"value":{"id":1887814,"askingMemberId":4336,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2026-03-04T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2026-03-18T00:00:00","uin":"HL15165","questionText":"To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the status of the Ponsonby Rule as a constitutional convention.","answeringBodyId":208,"answeringBodyName":"Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":3972,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2026-03-17T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Ponsonby Rule on treaty scrutiny was put on a statutory footing by the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010. The Act requires treaties subject to ratification to be laid before Parliament for 21 sitting days.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Treaties: Parliamentary Scrutiny","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1887814","method":"GET"}]}