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Railways Act 2005

Hansard References

The following table sets out the dates and Hansard references for each stage of this Act’s passage through Parliament.

StageDateHansard reference
House of Commons
Introduction25 November 2004Vol. 428 Col. 245
Second Reading6 December 2004Vol. 428 Col. 919-1013
Committee14 December 2004 (1st &2nd)Hansard Standing Committee A
16 December 2004 (3rd)
11 January 2005 (4th & 5th)
13 January 2005 (6th & 7th)
18 January 2005 (8th)
Report and Third Reading27 January 2005Vol. 430 Cols. 473-542
Commons Consideration6 April 2005Vol. 432 Col. 1525-1537
House of Lords
Introduction27 January 2005Vol. 668 Col. 1512
Second Reading10 February 2005Vol. 669 Cols. 927-78
Grand Committee28 February 2005Vol. 670 Cols. 1-56GC
3 March 2005Vol. 670 Cols. 127-82GC
9 March 2005Vol. 670 Cols. 305-64GC
Report4 April 2005Vol. 671 Cols. 1559-1567
Third reading6 April 2005Vol. 671 Col 785-752
Lords Consideration7 April 2005Vol. 671 Col. 918-928
Royal Assent7 April 2005Vol. 432 Col. 1641 (Commons)
Vol. 671 Col. 950 (Lords)

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