c8.htm

c8.htm

House of Commons

Session 1996-97
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Sessional Information Digest: 1995-96

SECTION C8

PUBLIC BILLS - SOME BASIC FIGURES

The following table notes the number of Bills in the various categories which were introduced and the numbers which were successful.

Categories of Bill
and codes (see key
to Section C1) Number
Introduced Number
Unsuccessful Number receiving
Royal Assent

GOVERNMENT BILLS
Consolidation Bills (B) 7 - 7
Other Government Bills (A) 36 - 36
Total Government Bills (A,B) 43 - 43

PRIVATE MEMBERS' BILLS
Ballot Bills (W) 20 8 12
SO No 58 Bills (X) 17 16 1
Ten Minute Rule Bills (Y) 43 42 1
Lords' Private Members 9 6 3
Bills (Z)
Total Private Members' Bills
(W,X,Y,Z) 89 72 17
TOTAL PUBLIC BILLS 132 72 60

Notes: 1 - Excluded from above are:
      a) Order Confirmation/Provisional Order Bills (see Section C2)
      b) Bills introduced into the Lords but never brought to the Commons (14)
      c) Hybrid Bills: Channel Tunnel Rail Link Bill carried over to Session 1996-97
2 - The number of motions for leave to bring in ten minute rule bills which were negatived was 8.




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