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Armed Forces Act 2016

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

Stage	Date	Hansard Reference
House of Commons
Introduction	16 September 2015	Vol. 599 Col. 1072
Second Reading	15 October 2015	Vol. 600 Col. 517
Public Bill Committee	16 December 2015	Vol. 603 Col. 1600
Report and Third Reading	11 January 2016	Vol. 604 Col. 600
House of Lords
Introduction	12 January 2016	Vol. 768 Col. 202
Second Reading	11 February 2016	Vol. 768 Col. 2359
Grand Committee	1 March 2106 3 March 2016	Vol. 769 Col. GC43 Vol. 769 Col. GC147
Report	27 April 2016	Vol. 771 Col. 1182
Third Reading	5 May 2016	Vol. 771 Col. 1530
Commons Consideration of Lords Amendments	11 May 2016	Vol. 609 Col. 651
Royal Assent	12 May 2016	House of Commons Vol. 609 Col. 762
Royal Assent	12 May 2016	House of Lords Vol. 771 Col. 1832