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Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Act 2023

Government Bill

Originated in the House of Commons, Session 2022-23

Act of Parliament (1)

Full text of the Act of Parliament as passed by Parliament (this is the Act in its original state. The Act may have been amended by another Act and any such amendments are not shown in this version).

Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Act 2023 (c. 9)
23 March 2023

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.

Bill 273 2022-23 (Lords Amendment)
20 March 2023
Commons
14 March 2023
Lords
13 December 2022
Lords
Bill 009 2022-23 (as introduced)
11 May 2022
Commons
Bill 009 2022-23 (as introduced) (large print)
11 May 2022
Commons

Documents to explain the purpose of the Bill.

Bill 273 EN 2022-23
20 March 2023
Commons
13 December 2022
Lords
Bill 009 EN 2022-23
11 May 2022
Commons
Bill 009 EN 2022-23 - large print
11 May 2022
Commons

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

Consideration of Lords Amendments - selection and grouping - 22 March 2023
22 March 2023
Commons
Speaker’s provisional grouping and selection of Amendments - 12 December 2022
12 December 2022
Commons
Chair’s provisional selection and grouping of amendments in Committee - 18 October 2022
17 October 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”.

Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill: Delegated Powers Memorandum
14 December 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.

HL Bill 81-R-I Marshalled list for Report
10 March 2023
Lords
HL Bill 81-R(b) Amendments for Report
9 March 2023
Lords
HL Bill 81-R(a) Amendment for Report
22 February 2023
Lords
HL Bill 81-I Marshalled list for Committee
19 January 2023
Lords
HL Bill 81(a) Amendment for Committee
12 January 2023
Lords
Consideration of Bill Amendments as at 12 December 2022
12 December 2022
Commons
Consideration of Bill Amendments as at 12 December 2022 - large print
12 December 2022
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 8 December 2022
8 December 2022
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 7 December 2022
7 December 2022
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 2 December 2022
2 December 2022
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 20 October 2022
20 October 2022
Commons
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 18 October 2022
18 October 2022
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 17 October 2022
17 October 2022
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 14 October 2022
14 October 2022
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 13 October 2022
13 October 2022
Commons
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 12 October 2022
12 October 2022
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 26 September 2022
26 September 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.

All proceedings up to 12 December 2022 at Report Stage
12 December 2022
Commons
All proceedings up to 18 October 2022 at Public Bill Committee Stage
18 October 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.

Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill: HL Bill 81
21 December 2022
Lords
Briefing Paper on the Bill
11 November 2022
Commons

Archive of press notices related to the Bill.

Call for written evidence: Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill
8 September 2022
Commons

Written submissions from outside bodies and individuals are circulated to MPs appointed to examine the Bill during committee stage in a Public Bill Committee. The following written submissions were sent to this committee.

Written evidence submitted by the Farmers' Union of Wales (TANB03)
19 October 2022
Commons
Written evidence submitted by the Public Law Project (TANB01)
13 October 2022
Commons
Written evidence submitted by The Rt Hon Lord Lansley CBE PC DL (TANB02)
13 October 2022
Commons

List of related Impact Assessments

Impact assessment of the Free Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and New Zealand
11 May 2022
Impact assessment of the Free Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Australia
11 May 2022

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 Lord Johnson to Lord Howell regarding legislative consent, as raised in the Bill third reading debate.
12 April 2023
Letter from Lord Johnson to Lord Lennie, Lord Purvis, Baroness McIntosh and Lord Kerr regarding points raised in the committee stage debate: scope of the power in Clause 2, impacts of the Bill on the NHS and labour standards, precedent of time limited Tariff Rate Quotas in other deals, food standards and operation of the UK's SPS regime, and pesticide usage.
26 January 2023
Letter from Lord Johnson to Lord Purvis regarding the second reading debate: questions regarding the justification of £10bn worth of contract opportunities statistic, market access outcomes, differences in thresholds, impact assessments, and Australia and New Zealand beef and sheep meat exports.
19 January 2023
Letter from Sir James Dudderidge MP to Gareth Thomas MP regarding Investor-state dispute settlement provisions in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
21 October 2022
Letter from James Duddridge MP to Gareth Thomas MP regarding questions raised during the Committee stage (third & fourth sittings) of the Bill: scope of power, contracts with unknown value, Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, Agreement on Government Procurement, domestic review rights under the Australian procurement chapter. Incl. annex.
21 October 2022
Letter from James Duddridge MP to Derek Twigg MP and Mark Pritchard MP regarding the Department for International Trade’s engagement with the trade union movement, as discussed during the Committee Stage (third & fourth sittings) of the Bill.
21 October 2022

Full transcripts

Commons Committee stage

Committee Debates: cumulative pdf of sittings so far
19 October 2022
Commons
18 October 2022
Commons
18 October 2022
Commons
13 October 2022
Commons
12 October 2022
Commons

Link to the relevant section in the Commons Hansard Daily Report

Commons 2nd reading

2nd reading - Commons Hansard link
6 September 2022
Commons

Commons Programme motion

Programme motion (No. 3) - Commons Hansard link
12 December 2022
Commons

Commons Report stage

Report stage - Commons Hansard link
12 December 2022
Commons

Commons 3rd reading

3rd reading - Commons Hansard link
12 December 2022
Commons

Commons Consideration of Lords amendments

Consideration of Lords Amendments - Commons Hansard link
22 March 2023
Commons

Lords 1st reading

13 December 2022
Lords

Lords 2nd reading

9 January 2023
Lords

Lords Committee stage

23 January 2023
Lords

Lords Report stage

14 March 2023
Lords

Lords 3rd reading

20 March 2023
Lords

Royal Assent

23 March 2023

Lords 1st reading

Minutes of Proceedings
13 December 2022
Lords

Lords 2nd reading

Minutes of Proceedings
9 January 2023
Lords

Lords Committee stage

Minutes of Proceedings
23 January 2023
Lords

Lords Report stage

Minutes of Proceedings
14 March 2023
Lords

Lords 3rd reading

Minutes of Proceedings
20 March 2023
Lords

Royal Assent

Minutes of Proceedings
23 March 2023