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Education (Scotland) Act 2016

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179.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 the various Stages took place, and references to the Official Report of those proceedings. It also shows the dates on which the Committee report and other papers relating to the Bill were published, and references to those reports and papers.

PROCEEDINGS AND REPORTREFERENCE
INTRODUCTION
Bill as introduced – 23 March 2015http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/S4_Bills/Education%20(Scotland)%20Bill/b64s4-introd.pdf
SPICe briefing on the Bill – published 23 April 2015http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefingsAndFactsheets/S4/SB_15-19_Education_Scotland_Bill.pdf
PRELIMINARY STAGE
(a) Education and Culture Committee
28 April 2015http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=9923
9 June 2015http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=10003
23 June 2015http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=10039
1 September 2015http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=10060
8 September 2015http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/S4_EducationandCultureCommittee/Minutes/ECMinutes20150908.pdf
17 November 2015http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=10212
Stage 1 Report on Education (Scotland) Bill – 29 October 2015http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/CurrentCommittees/92072.aspx
(a) Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
5 May 2015http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=9936
9 June 2015http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=10004
1 September 2015http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=10059
(b) Finance Committee
27 May 2015http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=9981
17 June 2015http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=10027
(c) Consideration by Parliament
Stage 1 debate – 29 Octoberhttp://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=10161&i=93729
CONSIDERATION STAGE
(a) Education and Culture Committee
1 December 2015http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=10245
7 December 2015http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=10258
8 December 2015http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=10262
Bill as amended at Stage 2http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/S4_Bills/Education%20(Scotland)%20Bill/SPBill64AS042015.pdf
SPICe briefing on the Bill – published 20 January 2016http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefingsAndFactsheets/S4/SB_16-05_Education_Scotland_Bill-Stage_3.pdf
FINAL STAGE
Consideration by the Parliament
Debate on motion to pass Bill – 2 February 2016http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=10348&i=95219
ROYAL ASSENT
8 March 2016http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/8/contents/enacted

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