Growth and Infrastructure Bill begins report stage
27 February 2013
Growth and Infrastructure Bill enters report stage, a chance for further scrutiny, in the House of Lords today (Wednesday 27 February).
- Watch the debate on Parliament TV after 3.30pm
- Read the debate transcript in Today's Lords Debates (available three hours after the debate)
- Marshalled list of amendments
- Lords Constitution Committee report: Growth and Infrastructure Bill
- Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee: Growth and Infrastructure Bill
Lords will scrutinise planning application procedures, the electronics communications code and the new employment status of employee shareholders.
Previous stages of the Growth and Infrastructure Bill
- News: Growth and Infrastructure Bill committee stage
- News: Growth and Infrastructure Bill second reading
What is report stage?
Report stage gives all members of the Lords further opportunity to examine and make changes, known as amendments, to a bill.
Report stage usually starts 14 days after committee stage. It can be spread over several days (but usually fewer days than at committee stage).
Before report stage starts, all member's amendments are recorded and published. The day before a report stage debate the amendments are placed in order - a marshalled list.
During report stage detailed line by line examination of the bill continues. Any member of the Lords can take part and votes can take place.
After report stage the bill is reprinted to include all the agreed amendments. The bill then moves to third reading for the final chance for the Lords to debate and amend the bill.
Growth and Infrastructure Bill summary
The bill looks at the following areas:
- the use of infrastructure
- the carrying-out of development, and the compulsory acquisition of land
- how rating lists are to be compiled
- the rights of employees of companies who agree to be employee owners.