1. How to Find Primary
Legislation on
www.parliament.uk
Nerys Davies

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

3. 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/2013-14/consumerrights.html

4. Bill Stages
All stages of the bill are on this page with links to Hansard

5. Bill Documents
The Bill documents can all be found
on this page:
• 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

6. Public Bill Committee – House of
Commons
• Each Bill, if it has a Public Bill Committee, has
its membership on these pages

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

8. Future events
Parliament Explained: Parliamentary Questions
10 April 2014, Thatcher Room
parliamentaryoutreach@parliament.uk
0207 219 1650
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