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Short Selling and Bank Accounts Bill 2008-09

Type of Bill:
Private Members' Bill (Presentation Bill)
Sponsor:
Mr Frank Field

Progress of the Bill

Bill started in the House of Commons

  1. House of Commons
    1. 1st reading
    2. 2nd reading
    3. Committee stage
    4. Report stage
    5. 3rd reading
  2. House of Lords
    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 Introduced | PDF version, 79KB 24.03.2009

Latest news on the Bill

This Bill was presented to Parliament on 23 March. This is known as First Reading and there is no debate on the Bill at this stage.

This Bill was on the Order Paper for several Fridays before being dropped by its' sponsor Mr Frank Field.

Summary of the Bill

This Bill would prohibit short selling of shares and require disclosure of loans of shares for such purposes by pension funds and their trustees. It would also force banks to offer free current and savings accounts to all retail customers when they were in credit.

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