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Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (Amendment) Bill 2008-09

Type of Bill:
Private Members' Bill (Presentation Bill)
Sponsor:
Mr David Drew

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, 78KB 11.06.2009

Latest news on the Bill

This Bill was presented to Parliament 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, Mr David Drew.

 

Summary of the Bill

The Bill would amend the provisions of the Sustainable Communities Act 2007 to:

  • stipulate in more detail the role of the selector of proposals under section 3 of the Act
  • require that members of parish councils should be part of the panel set up by local authorities under section 5(4)
  • make provision for petitions and referendums to be held in local authority areas in cases where local authorities have decided not to submit proposals to the Secretary of State.

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