Government Chief Whips and Deputy Whips since 1945
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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. This briefing reports the use of carry-over motions and provides examples of the form of words used in carry-over motions.
Carry-over of public bills (672 KB , PDF)
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 briefing paper describes the different approaches to allowing bills to be carried forward in both the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
On 29 October 2002, the House of Commons introduced carry-over on an experimental basis until the end of the 2001 Parliament
On 26 October 2004, the House of Commons agreed to make slightly amended arrangements to make carry-over permanent (now Standing Order No 80A). The permanent Standing Order was effective from the beginning of the 2004-05 session of Parliament.
Before the permanent Standing Order became effective, six bills were carried over.
Since the Standing Order became permanent:
In the 2019 Parliament:
(These figures exclude bills introduced under a Ways and Means Resolution, see below, and hybrid bills.)
Under the Standing Order, proceedings lapse on bills that have not received Royal Assent within twelve months of their original introduction. However, the Standing Order does allow the period to be extended: these provisions have been used in connection with nine bills.
In December 2011, the Standing Order was amended and a new Standing Order was made to allow bills introduced under Ways and Means resolutions to be carried over. This followed moving from spring to spring parliamentary sessions, in the wake of the passage of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011. The Finance (No 4) Bill 2010–12 was the first such bill to be the subject of a carry-over motion under the new Standing Order.
This research briefing also provides examples of the form of words used in carry-over motions.
In the House of Lords, a procedure for carry-over was agreed on 24 July 2002, following recommendations from the House of Lords Procedure Committee.
Since the 2003–04 session, four public bills have been carried over in the House of Lords.
Carry-over of public bills (672 KB , PDF)
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