Parliamentary History
218.The following table sets out, for each Stage of the proceedings in the Scottish Parliament on the Bill for this Act, the dates on which the proceedings at that Stage took place, and the references to the Official Report of those proceedings. It also shows the dates on which Committee reports and other papers relating to the Bill were published, and gives references to those reports and other papers.
| PROCEEDINGS AND REPORTS | REFERENCE |
|---|---|
| INTRODUCTION | |
| Bill as introduced – 29 October 2015 | SP Bill 82 – Session 4 (2015) |
| Spice briefing on Bill (as introduced) – published 08 December 2015 | SPICe briefing SB 15/79 |
| STAGE 1 | |
| Lead Committee – Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee | |
| Stage 1 report – published 15 December 2015 | 12th Report 2015 (Session 4) |
| 12 November 2015 | Col 3-36 |
| 19 November 2015 | Col 2-34 |
| 03 December 2015 | In private |
| 10 December 2015 | In private |
| Finance Committee | |
| 04 November 2015 | In private |
| 18 November 2015 | In private |
| Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee | |
| 17 November 2015 | Col 42-44 |
| 01 December 2015 | In private |
| Report on delegated powers - published 02 December 2015 | 74th Report 2015 (Session 4) |
| Consideration by the Parliament | |
| Stage 1 debate – 07 January 2016 | Col 50-81 |
| STAGE 2 | |
| Lead Committee – Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee | |
| Consideration of amendments – 04 February 2016 | Col 3-30 |
| Bill (as amended at Stage 2) – published 05 February 2016 | SP Bill 82A – Session 4 (2016) |
| AFTER STAGE 2 | |
| Supplementary Delegated Powers Memorandum – published 16 February 2016 | Supplementary Memorandum |
| Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee | |
| Consideration of delegated powers at stage 2 – 01 March 2016 | Col 6 |
| Report on delegated powers – published 02 March 2016 | 18th Report 2016 (Session 4) |
| SPICe briefing on Bill at stage 3 – published 02 March 2016 | SPICE briefing SB 16/23 |
| STAGE 3 | |
| Consideration by the Parliament | |
| Stage 3 proceedings – 10 March 2016 | Col 34-115 |
| Bill (as passed) – published 11 March 2016 | SP Bill 82B – Session 4 (2016) |
| ROYAL ASSENT | |
| 14 April 2016 | Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 16) |