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Bishop’s Stortford Cemetery Act 2024

Private Bill

Originated in the House of Lords, Sessions 2022-23, 2023-24

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).

Bishop's Stortford Cemetery Act
20 March 2024

Tracked changes versions of the Bill, showing amendments made in Committee, Grand Committee or in Special Public Bill Committee in the House of Lords. Please note that these are unofficial versions and may not be completely accurate.

Further Revised Filled-Up Bill for Opposed Bill Committee (as tracked changes)
14 July 2023
Lords

Details of the proceedings at committee and report stage in the House of Commons, where amendments to the Bill are considered. The documents contain the text of amendments considered at that sitting and show whether they were agreed to, negatived (not agreed), not called, not moved or withdrawn.

Examination for compliance with Standing Orders
19 December 2022
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.

Statement of ECHR compatibility
20 January 2023
Lords

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.

Mr Peter Careless Evidence [1/2]
20 July 2023
Lords
Mr Peter Careless Evidence [2/2]
20 July 2023
Lords

Lords Committee stage

Promoter's Evidence [1/3]
21 June 2023
Lords
Promoter's Evidence [2/3]
21 June 2023
Lords
Promoter's Evidence [3/3]
21 June 2023
Lords

Full text of the Bill as introduced and further versions of the Bill as it is reprinted to include amendments made during its passage through Parliament. The explanatory memorandum, which appears before the text of the bill, explains the bill’s purpose in detail and includes a statement as to the Bill’s compliance with the European Convention on Human Rights.

Bill (as amended in unopposed Bill Committee)
29 February 2024
Commons
Bill (as brought from the Lords)
22 January 2024
Commons
Bill (as brought from the Lords)
18 September 2023
Commons
Bill (as amended in Committee)
24 July 2023
Lords
Bishops Stortford Cemetery Bill - As Introduced into House of Lords
23 January 2023
Lords
Bill as deposited
28 November 2022

Lords 3rd reading

14 September 2023
Lords

Royal Assent

20 March 2024

Lords 3rd reading

Minutes of Proceedings
14 September 2023
Lords

Royal Assent

Minutes of Proceedings
20 March 2024

It is open to any individual, group of individuals or organisation ‘directly and specially affected’ by the provisions of a private or hybrid bill to voice their objections in a petition against that bill.

Mrs Lorraine Middlebrook
16 October 2023
Commons
Peter Charles Careless
6 February 2023
Lords

Full transcripts of the Committee meetings

Unopposed Bill Committee: Corrected Transcript 200224 PM
20 February 2024
Commons
Second House examination transcript
21 September 2023
Commons
Opposed Bill Committee: Corrected Transcript 060723 AM
25 July 2023
Lords
Opposed Bill Committee: Corrected Transcript 060723 PM
25 July 2023
Lords
Opposed Bill Committee: Corrected Transcript 070723 AM
25 July 2023
Lords
Opposed Bill Committee: Uncorrected Transcript 060723 AM
11 July 2023
Lords
Opposed Bill Committee: Uncorrected Transcript 060723 PM
11 July 2023
Lords
Opposed Bill Committee: Uncorrected Transcript 070723 AM
11 July 2023
Lords

Examination for compliance with Standing Orders

Examination for compliance with Standing Orders
19 December 2022

Commons Examiners

Transcript of the Examination
21 September 2023