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Offensive Weapons Act 2019

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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	20 June 2018	Vol. 643 Col. 352
Second Reading	27 June 2018	Vol. 643 Col. 916
Public Bill Committee	17 July 2018	Col.31
Report and Third Reading	28 November 2019	Vol. 650 Col. 280
House of Lords
Introduction	29 November 2018	Vol. 794
Second Reading	7 January 2019	Vol. 794 Col. 2024
Grand Committee	28 January 2019	Vol. 795 Col. 150GC
Report	26 February 2019	Vol. 796 Col. 156
Third Reading	19 March 2019	Vol 796 Col. 1,376
Commons Consideration of Lords Amendments	26 March 2019	Vol. 657 Col. 227
Royal Assent	16 May 2019	House of Commons Vol. 660 Col. 367
Royal Assent	16 May 2019	House of Lords Vol. 797 Col. 1647