c9-10.htm

c9-10.htm

House of Commons

Session 1997-98
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Sessional Information Digest: 1996-97

SECTION C9

LOCAL AND PERSONAL ACTS

No local and Personal Acts received Royal Assent during the 1996-97 Session

SECTION C10

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 Number Number Number receiving
to Section C1) Introduced Unsuccessful Royal Assent

GOVERNMENT BILLS
Consolidation Bills (B) 9 - 9
Other Government Bills (A) 28 - 28
Total Government Bills (A,B) 37 - 37
PRIVATE MEMBERS' BILLS
Ballot Bills (W) 20 6 14
SO No 58 Bills (X) 23 23 -
Ten Minute Rule Bills (Y) 26 25 1
Lords' Private Members 7 - 7
Bills (Z)
Total Private Members' Bills (W,X,Y,Z) 76 54 22
TOTAL PUBLIC BILLS 113 54 58

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 (2)
       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 0.



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