Bill documents — Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016
Act of Parliament
Full text of the Act of Parliament as passed by Parliament (this is the Act in its original state. The Act may have been amended by another Act and any such amendments are not shown in this version).
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Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 c.1 | 01.02.2016 |
Bills
Full text of the Bill as introduced and further versions of the Bill as it is reprinted to incorporate amendments (proposals for change) made during its passage through Parliament.
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HL Bill 80 2015-16 Commons Amendments | PDF version, 268KB | 08.12.2015 |
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Bill 97 2015-16 (as amended in Committee) | PDF version, 297KB | 18.11.2015 |
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Bill 64 2015-16 (as brought from the Lords) | PDF version, 212KB | 23.07.2015 |
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HL Bill 58 2015-16 [as amended on Report] | PDF version, 190KB | 15.07.2015 |
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HL Bill 001 2015-16, as introduced | PDF version, 159KB | 28.05.2015 |
Tracked changes versions of Bills: Commons
Tracked changes versions of the Bill, showing amendments made in Committee of the whole House and in Public Bill Committees in the House of Commons. Please note that these are unofficial versions and may not be completely accurate.
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Version of the bill showing changes made in committee (PDF, 545KB) | 18.11.2015 |
Explanatory Notes
Documents to explain the purpose of the Bill.
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HL Bill 80 EN 2015-16 | PDF version, 257KB | 09.12.2015 |
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Bill 64 EN 2015-16 | PDF version | 19.08.2015 |
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HL Bill 001-EN 2015-16 | PDF version, 681KB | 28.05.2015 |
Amendment papers
Full list of amendment papers relating to the Bill. Individual amendment papers will be replaced with consolidated lists before the amendments are discussed. Page and line references in amendment papers refer to the PDF version of the Bill.
Selection of amendments: Commons
In the House of Commons, amendments are grouped together so that amendments relating to a particular topic or issue are discussed together.
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Consideration on Report (PDF, 261KB) | 07.12.2015 |
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Consideration in Committee of the whole House:Selection 2 (PDF, 262KB) | 16.11.2015 |
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Consideration in Committee of the whole House:Selection 1 (PDF, 260KB) | 20.10.2015 |
Bill proceedings: Commons
Details of proceedings in Public Bill Committee or Committee of the whole House, on any report (consideration) stage, and on any consideration of Lords Amendments or any subsequent Lords Messages. The documents contain the text of amendments considered at each sitting and show whether it was agreed to, negatived (not agreed), not called, not moved or withdrawn.
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Report Stage Proceedings as at 7 December 2015 | PDF version, 199KB | 08.12.2015 |
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Committee of the whole House Proceedings as at 17 November 2015 | PDF version, 266KB | 18.11.2015 |
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Committee of the whole House Proceedings as at 20 October 2015 | PDF version, 211KB | 22.10.2015 |
Briefing papers
House of Commons Library and House of Lords Library briefing papers aim to be politically impartial, containing factual information as well as a range of opinions on each subject. Briefing papers on Bills are produced before Second Reading and, in the Commons, after Committee Stage.
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Briefing Paper on progress of the Bill | 03.12.2015 |
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Briefing on Second Reading | 08.10.2015 |
Library Notes
House of Lords Library Notes aim to be politically impartial and are compiled for Members of Parliament and their staff.
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House of Lords Library Note | 24.06.2015 |
Will write letters
Occasionally questions put to government Ministers during debates on Bills in either the House of Commons or the House of Lords may be answered by the Minister saying 'I will write to the Hon Member'. Such “will write” replies are not published in Hansard but are placed in the Library of the House concerned and published on the Parliamentary website.
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Letter dated 07/07/2015 from Baroness Williams of Trafford to Lord McKenzie and others regarding issues raised during the Lords Committee stage (PDF, 97KB) | 07.07.2015 |
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