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Business And Planning Act 2020

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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	25 June 2020	No debate
Second Reading	29 June 2020	Vol. 678 Col. 51
Committee	29 June 2020	Vol. 678 Col. 95
Report and Third Reading	29 June 2020	Vol. 678 Col. 110
House of Lords
Introduction	30 June 2020	Vol. 804 Col. 696
Second Reading	06 July 2020	Vol. 804 Col. 900
Committee (first sitting)	13 July 2020	Vol. 804 Col. 1415
Committee (second sitting)	14 July 2020	Vol. 804 Col. 1549
Report	20 July 2020	Vol. 804 Col. 1935
Third Reading	20 July 2020	Vol. 804 Col. 2040
Commons Consideration of Lords Amendments	21 July 2020	Vol. 678 Col. 2114
Royal Assent	22 July 2020
Royal Assent	22 July 2020	House of Lords Vol. 804 Col. 2201