Commons remaining stages: Wales Bill
24 June 2014 (updated on 24 June 2014)
MPs debated the remaining stages of the Wales Bill in the House of Commons on Tuesday 24 June 2014.
Report stage and third reading of the Bill took place on Tuesday 24 June 2014.
A number of amendments were made to the Bill. The Bill passed third reading without a vote.
- Watch Parliament TV: Remaining stages: Wales Bill
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- Read current Parliamentary material in Topics: National Assembly of Wales
Related information
Summary of the Wales Bill
To make provision about elections to and membership of the National Assembly for Wales; to make provision about the Welsh Assembly Government; to make provision about the setting by the Assembly of a rate of income tax to be paid by Welsh taxpayers and about the devolution of taxation powers to the Assembly; to make related amendments to Part 4A of the Scotland Act 1998; to make provision about borrowing by the Welsh Ministers; to make miscellaneous amendments in the law relating to Wales; and for connected purposes.
Progress of the Bill
This Government Bill was presented to Parliament on 20 March 2014 and had its second reading debate on 31 March 2014.
A carry-over motion was agreed on 31 March 2014 which allowed consideration of the Bill to be resumed in the 2014-15 session.
- Catch up on Commons news: Commons second reading: Wales Bill
- Catch up on Commons news: Committee stage: Wales Bill
Keep up to date with all the proceedings and documentation, including amendment papers, on the Wales Bill and find out how a bill becomes an Act of Parliament.
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- About Parliament: Passage of a Bill
- Glossary: Carry over motions/bills
House of Commons Library analysis
The House of Commons Library produces briefing papers to inform MPs of key issues. The papers contain factual information and a range of opinions on each subject, and aim to be politically impartial.
- Library briefing paper: Wales Bill 2013-14
- Library briefing paper: Wales Bill 2013-14: Progress of the Bill
What happens next?
The Bill will now move to the House of Lords for consideration.
What is the report stage of a bill?
The report stage gives MPs an opportunity, on the floor of the House, to consider any further amendments (proposals for change) to a bill which has been examined in a public bill committee or on the floor of the House. There is no set time period between the end of committee stage and the start of the report stage.
What happens at report stage?
All MPs may speak and vote. For lengthy or complex bills, the debates may be spread over several days. All MPs can suggest amendments to the bill or new clauses (parts) that they think should be added.
What happens after report stage?
Report stage is usually followed immediately by debate on the bill's third reading.
What happens at third reading?
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 a third reading in the Commons. At the end of the debate the House decides whether to approve the third reading of the bill.
What happens after third reading?
If the bill started in the Commons it goes to the House of Lords for its first reading.
If the bill started in the Lords it returns to the House of Lords for consideration of any amendments the Commons has made.
Watching proceedings from the public gallery
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