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Disabled Persons (Independent Living) Bill [HL] 2008-09

Type of Bill:
Private Members' Bill (Starting in the House of Lords)
Sponsors:
Lord Ashley of Stoke
Roger Berry

Progress of the Bill

Bill started in the House of Lords

  1. House of Lords
    1. 1st reading
    2. 2nd reading
    3. Committee stage
    4. Report stage
    5. 3rd reading
  2. House of Commons
    1. 1st reading
    2. 2nd reading
    3. Committee stage
    4. Report stage
    5. 3rd reading
  3. Consideration of Amendments
  4. Royal Assent

Last event

Latest Bill

House Bill Date
Commons Bill as Brought from the Lords on 13 May 2009 | PDF version, 217KB 04.06.2009

Latest news on the Bill

This Bill was completed its Lords stages on 12 May and presented to the House of Commons on 3 June. This is known as First Reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.

This Bill was on the Order Paper for a Second Reading on several Fridays before being dropped by its sponsor, Roger Berry.

Summary of the Bill

To impose duties upon certain persons and bodies in respect of disabled persons; to confer certain rights upon disabled persons for independent living; to amend the Mental Health Act 1983; to amend the Health and Social Care Act 2008; and for connected purposes.

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