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Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Bill

Private Members' Bill (Ballot Bill)

Originated in the House of Commons, Session 2022-23

Bill (5)

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.

27 March 2023
Lords
Bill 252 2022-23 (as amended in Public Bill Committee)
22 February 2023
Commons
Bill 252 2022-23 (as amended in Public Bill Committee) - large print
22 February 2023
Commons
Bill 20 2022-23 (as introduced)
7 December 2022
Commons
Bill 20 2022-23 (Large Print)
7 December 2022
Commons

Documents to explain the purpose of the Bill.

HL Bill 125 Explanatory Notes
24 April 2023
Lords
Bill 20 EN 2022-23 (as introduced)
8 December 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”.

Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Bill: Delegated Powers Memorandum
29 March 2023
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.

Consideration of Bill Amendments as at 24 March 2023
24 March 2023
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 23 March 2023
23 March 2023
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 22 March 2023
22 March 2023
Commons
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 22 February 2023
22 February 2023
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 21 February 2023
21 February 2023
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 20 February 2023
20 February 2023
Commons

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

Speaker’s provisional grouping and selection of Amendments
24 March 2023
Commons
Chair’s provisional selection and grouping of amendments in Committee - 22 February 2023
20 February 2023
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.

Report Stage Proceedings as at 24 March 2023
24 March 2023
Commons
Public Bill Committee Proceedings as at 22 February 2023
22 February 2023
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.

Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Bill
6 June 2023
Lords
Briefing Paper on Second Reading
7 December 2022
Commons

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

32nd Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
3 May 2023
Lords

The Government human rights memorandum is prepared by the Government to assist the Joint Committee on Human Rights with its scrutiny of the Bill’s human rights implications.

Memorandum from the Home Office - 6 December 2022
6 December 2022
Commons

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 Sharpe to Baroness Burt regarding when the Bill will be introduced and whether such an offence will be recorded as a hate crime, as discussed during the Oral Question on Hate Crime.
4 May 2023

Full transcripts

Commons Committee stage

Link to the relevant section in the Commons Hansard Daily Report

Commons 2nd reading

2nd reading - Commons Hansard link
9 December 2022
Commons

Commons Report stage

Report stage - Commons Hansard link
24 March 2023
Commons

Commons 3rd reading

3rd reading - Commons Hansard link
24 March 2023
Commons

Lords 1st reading

27 March 2023
Lords

Lords 1st reading

Minutes of Proceedings
27 March 2023
Lords