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Parliament Acts

Answer

(a) A total of seven Acts have been passed under the Parliament Acts. The following Acts were passed under the Parliament Act 1911: the Government of Ireland Act 1914; Welsh Church Act 1914; and Parliament Act 1949. The following Acts have been passed since the 1949 Act was passed: War Crimes Act 1991; European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999; Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000; and Hunting Act 2004. (b) Bills may pass through one or more stages during the "wash-up" period between the announcement of the date of a general election and the Prorogation, adjournment or dissolution of Parliament prior to the election. Some of these Bills will already have received extensive scrutiny in one or both Houses; others may be taken through all their stages during the wash-up period. The table below shows the number of bills that received Royal Assent during wash-up before each general election since 1987, together with the stage that each Bill had reached at the beginning of wash-up. Information for general elections between 1911 and 1983 could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

1987		Govt	PMB	Total
Receiving Royal Assent		18	11	29
Not introduced before wash-up		1		1
In 1st House at start of wash-up	Total	5		5
	completed first reading	1		1
	completed second reading	1		1
consisting of	in committee	1		1
	completed committee	2		2
	completed report
Passed by first House, ready to start progress in second House
In 2nd House at start of wash-up	Total	11	11	22
	completed first reading	2	3	5
	completed second reading	3	5	8
consisting of	in committee	1		1
	completed committee	3	3	6
	completed report	2		2
Passed by second House; amendments still to be agreed by first House		1		1

1992		Govt	PMB	Total
Receiving Royal Assent		13	8	21
Not introduced before wash-up		2		2
In 1st House at start of wash-up	Total	4		4
	completed first reading	1		1
	completed second reading	1		1
consisting of	in committee
	completed committee	2		2
	completed report
Passed by first House, ready to start progress in second House
In 2nd House at start of wash-up	Total	7	8	15
consisting of	completed first reading	2	3	5
	completed second reading
	in committee
	completed committee	4	5	9
	completed report	1		1
Passed by second House; amendments still to be agreed by first House

1997		Govt	PMB	Total
Receiving Royal Assent		26	10	36
Not introduced before wash-up		l		1
In 1st House at start of wash-up	Total	3		3
	completed first reading
	completed second reading	2		2
consisting of	in committee
	completed committee	1		1
	completed report
Passed by first House, ready to start progress in second House
In 2nd House at start of wash-up	Total	22	10	32
	completed first reading	7		7
	completed second reading	4	6	10
consisting of	in committee	1		1
	completed committee	9	4	13
	completed report	1		1
Passed by second House; amendments still to be agreed by first House

2001		Govt	PMB	Total
Receiving Royal Assent		11		11
Not introduced before wash-up		1		1
In 1st House at start of wash-up	Total	2		2
	completed first reading
	completed second reading	1		1
consisting of	in committee	1		1
	completed committee
	completed report
Passed by first House, ready to start progress in second House
In 2nd House at start of wash-up Total	Total	7		7
	completed first reading
	completed second reading	3		3
consisting of	in committee	1		1
	completed committee	3		3
	completed report
Passed by second House; amendments still to be agreed by first House		1		1

2005		Govt	PMB	Total
Receiving Royal Assent		14		14
Not introduced before wash-up		2		2
In 1st House at start of wash-up	Total
consisting of	completed first reading
	completed second reading
	in committee
	completed committee
	completed report
Passed by first House, ready to start progress in second House
In 2nd House at start of wash-up	Total	11		11
	completed first reading	1		1
	completed second reading	5		5
consisting of	in committee	1		1
	completed committee	2		2
	completed report	2		2
Passed by second House; amendments still to be agreed by first House		1		1

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

3145; 718 c462-6WA

Session

2009-10

Subjects

Legislation General elections

Legislation

Parliament Act 1911

Parliament Act 1949

Contains statistics

Yes

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