Annex A – Overview of the Act’s passage through Parliament
- The table below sets out the dates and Hansard References for each stage of the Act’s passage through Parliament.
Stage Date Hansard Reference House of Commons First Reading 2 May 2018 Vol 640 Col 336 Second Reading 21 May 2018 Vol 641 Col 641-672 Public Bill Committee 1st Sitting: 5 June 2018 Col 1- 30 2nd Sitting: 7 June 2018
3rd Sitting: 7 June 2018
4th Sitting: 12 June 2018
5th Sitting: 12 June 2018
Report Stage 5 September 2018 Vol 646 Col 201 - 247 Third Reading 5 September 2018 Vol 646 Col 247 - 252 House of Lords First Reading 6 September 2018 Vol 792 Second Reading 10 October 2018 Vol 793 Col 130 - 162 Grand Committee 1st Sitting: 5 November 2018 Vol 793 Col 168GC – 228GC 2nd Sitting: 20 November 2018 Vol 794 Col 143 - 158 Report Stage 11 December 2018 Vol 794 Col 1254 - 1284 Third Reading 15 January 2019 Vol 795 Col 133 - 136 Commons Consideration of Lords Amendments 23 January 2019 Vol 653 Col 258 - 281 Royal Assent 12 February 2019 Vol 654 Col 771