Third reading of Wreck Removal Convention Bill
21 March 2011 (updated on 21 March 2011)
Dr Thérèse Coffey, Conservative MP for Suffolk Coastal, introduced the third reading of the Wreck Removal Convention Private Members Bill in the House of Commons on Friday 18 March.
There was no report stage as there were no amendments to be considered. The Bill will now be considered by the House of Lords.
- Video and Audio: Wreck Removal Convention Bill, third reading
- Commons Hansard: Wreck Removal Convention Bill, third reading
Summary of the Bill
The Nairobi International Convention for the Removal of Wrecks (ICRW) was adopted by the International Maritime Organisation in May 2007.
The Bill provides measures to enable the United Kingdom to ratify and implement the ICRW in the United Kingdom’s domestic law by the insertion of new sections and a Schedule into the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.
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Third reading
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Debate on the Bill is usually short, and limited to what is actually in the Bill, rather than, as at second reading, what might have been included.
Amendments (proposals for change) cannot be made to a Bill at third reading in the Commons. At the end of the debate, the House decides (votes on) whether to approve the third reading of the Bill.
If the Bill started in the Commons it goes to the House of Lords for its first reading.
Private Members' Bills
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