How to find primary legislation on parliament uk

1. www.parliament.uk/get-involved
How to find primary
legislation on
www.parliament.uk
Nerys Davies

2. www.parliament.uk/get-involved
Bills pages
• All of the Bills before Parliament
• This shows the stage the Bill has reached
• New list of amendments
• Any reports from Parliament will be linked
on these pages
http://www.parliament.uk/business/bills-and-legislation/

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Specific Bills Pages
• Each bill has a diagram
of where the Bill is in
each House and which
stage is coming up next
• These link thorough to
Hansard
http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-
16/bankofenglandandfinancialservices.html

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Bill Stages

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Bill Documents
• The Bill, each time it is reprinted
• Explanatory notes
• Amendment papers
• Public Bill Committee and report stage
proceedings: Commons
• Briefing papers
• Selection of amendments: Commons
• Press Notices
• Compare versions of Bills
• Impact Assessments

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Public Bill Committee – House of Commons

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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