Finding secondary legislation on the parliament website

1. www.parliament.uk/get-involved
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How to find Secondary
Legislation on
www.parliament.uk

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House of Commons – List of
Statutory Instruments
• To find out which procedure the SI is going
through look at the PDF page
• Updated on Friday each sitting week
• Explains where an SI is in the procedure
through the House of Commons
http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-
papers/commons/

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House of Commons – Newly
introduced
When they are introduced they will appear in the
appendix section of the daily votes and proceedings
http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-
papers/commons/votes-and-proceedings/

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House of Commons –
awaiting a Delegated
Legislation
Committee
Check the calendar section of the website
for general committees – this is updated
each sitting Wednesday afternoon
http://calendar.parliament.uk/

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House of Commons – finding
the debates in Hansard
Go through to Hansard, General Committee
debates then Delegated Legislation Committees
There will be a list of debates from all of the
Delegated Legislation Committees
http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/hansard/commons/

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House of Commons –
awaiting date on the floor of
the House
The section where it will
be listed is Future
Business (Section B) of
the Commons Order
Paper – Remaining
Orders and Notices
http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-
papers/commons/agenda-and-order-of-business/

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House of Commons –
awaiting time on the
floor of the House
Check the calendar section of
the website for main chamber
http://calendar.parliament.uk/

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House of Commons –
approval
When the are approved they will appear in the votes and
proceedings for that day
http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-
papers/commons/votes-and-proceedings/

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House of Lords – all in one place
House of Lords business about secondary
legislation is in one place
http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-
papers/lords/

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House of Lords – all in one place
You need to look in various sections for the
different instruments
http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-
papers/lords/

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House of Lords –
Secondary Legislation
Scrutiny Committee
Their work can be found here
There is also a guidance section for
people wishing to write to them
http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-
z/lords-select/secondary-legislation-scrutiny-committee/

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House of Lords – Hansard
You can find things that were
debated in the main chamber and
the grand committee
http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/hansard
/lords/by-date/

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Joint Committee on Statutory
Instruments
To find out what the committee is looking
at their web page has details
http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-
z/joint-select/statutory-instruments/

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www.Legislation.gov.uk
All secondary legislation which is in force is
on this website

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House of Commons Library
• The House of Commons library briefings offer impartial analysis
and statistical data
http://www.parliament.uk/commons-library
• Legislation briefings are on the bills pages
• Also a commons library blog for recent papers
http://commonslibraryblog.com/

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Where can I get information?
• Commons Enquiry Service
020 7219 4272 hcenquiries@parliament.uk
• Lords Information Office
020 7219 3107 hlinfo@parliament.uk
• Parliament’s Outreach Service
020 7219 1650 parliamentaryoutreach@parliament.uk
• www.parliament.uk and @UKParliament

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Parliament Explained Seminars
Seminars last one hour and take place at
the Houses of Parliament Westminster
• Parliamentary questions
• Select committees
• Primary legislation
• Delegated legislation
• Pre and post-legislative scrutiny
• Parliament and European select committees
• Debates and voting
• Basic introduction to Parliament