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British Sign Language Act 2022

Private Members' Bill (Ballot Bill)

Originated in the House of Commons, Session 2021-22

Bill (3)

Full text of the Bill as introduced and further versions of the Bill as it is reprinted to incorporate amendments (proposals for change) made during its passage through Parliament.

21 March 2022
Lords
Bill 260 2021-22 (as amended in Committee)
23 February 2022
Commons
Bill 33 2021-22 (as introduced)
26 January 2022
Commons

Documents to explain the purpose of the Bill.

21 March 2022
Lords
Bill 33-EN 2021-22 (as introduced)
26 January 2022
Commons

The Government provide a delegated powers memorandum for all public (including hybrid) bills to justify the delegation of powers, usually to Ministers, in the bill. For reports of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee, see “Select Committee Reports”.

British Sign Language Bill: Delegated Powers Memorandum
22 March 2022
Lords

Full list of amendment papers relating to the Bill. Individual amendment papers will be replaced with consolidated lists before the amendments are discussed. Page and line references in amendment papers refer to the PDF version of the Bill.

Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 23 February 2022
23 February 2022
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 22 February 2022
22 February 2022
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 17 February 2022
17 February 2022
Commons

In the House of Commons, amendments are grouped together so that amendments relating to a particular topic or issue are discussed together.

Chairs’ provisional selection and grouping of amendments in Committee - 23 February 2022
21 February 2022
Commons

Details of proceedings in Public Bill Committee or Committee of the whole House, on any report (consideration) stage, and on any consideration of Lords Amendments or any subsequent Lords Messages. The documents contain the text of amendments considered at each sitting and show whether it was agreed to, negatived (not agreed), not called, not moved or withdrawn.

Public Bill Committee Proceedings as at 23 February 2022
23 February 2022
Commons

House of Commons Library and House of Lords Library briefing papers aim to be politically impartial, containing factual information as well as a range of opinions on each subject. Briefing papers on Bills are produced before Second Reading and, in the Commons, after Committee Stage.

British Sign Language Bill
21 March 2022
Lords
Briefing paper on the Bill
10 March 2022
Commons

The following select committee reports have been identified as relevant to the debate on the Bill.

26th Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
1 April 2022
Lords

Occasionally questions put to government Ministers during debates on Bills in either the House of Commons or the House of Lords may be answered by the Minister saying 'I will write to the Hon Member'. Such “will write” replies are not published in Hansard but are placed in the Library of the House concerned and published on the Parliamentary website.

Letter from Baroness Stedman-Scott to Peers regarding points raised in the second reading debate: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, secondary legislation on captioning, video relay services, and Northern Ireland sign language legislation proposals.
1 April 2022
Letters from Chloe Smith MP and Baroness Steadman-Scott to MPs and Peers regarding the Bill
27 January 2022

Full transcripts

Commons Committee stage

Link to the relevant section in the Commons Hansard Daily Report

Commons 3rd reading

3rd reading - Commons Hansard link
18 March 2022
Commons

Lords 1st reading

21 March 2022
Lords

Lords 2nd reading

25 March 2022
Lords

Lords Order of Commitment discharged

7 April 2022
Lords

Lords 3rd reading

27 April 2022
Lords

Royal Assent

28 April 2022

Lords 1st reading

Minutes of Proceedings
21 March 2022
Lords

Lords 2nd reading

Minutes of Proceedings
25 March 2022
Lords

Lords Order of Commitment discharged

Minutes of Proceedings
7 April 2022
Lords

Lords 3rd reading

Minutes of Proceedings
27 April 2022
Lords

Royal Assent

Minutes of Proceedings
28 April 2022