Parliament and Northern Ireland, 1921-2021
A briefing on Parliament and Northern Ireland, 1921-2021
Documents to download
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The "Sewel Convention" (90 KB, PDF)
This paper has been superseded by the following Library briefings:
Brexit: devolution and legislative consent (CBP 08274, March 2018)
Legislative Consent and the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill (2017-19) (CBP 08275, May 2018)
Insight: Legislative consent: what, why and how? (April 2018)
Documents to download
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The "Sewel Convention" (90 KB, PDF)
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The Northern Ireland border
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Carry-over of public bills
The carry-over of public bills from one session to the next was suggested by the Modernisation Committee as a way of reducing the fluctuations in legislative activity caused by Parliamentary sessions. After briefly summarising the Modernisation Committee’s views, this House of Commons Library briefing paper describes the different approaches to allowing bills to be carried forward in this way in both the House of Commons and the House of Lords. The note also reports the use of carry-over motions and provides examples of the form of words used in carry-over motions.
