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Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill

Government Bill

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

Bill (6)

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.

11 January 2024
Lords
Bill 005 2023-24 (as introduced)
8 November 2023
Commons
Bill 005 2023-24 (as introduced) - large print
8 November 2023
Commons
Bill 005 2023-24 (as introduced) - xml download
8 November 2023
Commons
Bill 325 2022-23 (as introduced)
19 June 2023
Commons
Bill 325 2022-23 (as introduced) - large print
19 June 2023
Commons

Documents to explain the purpose of the Bill.

11 January 2024
Lords
Bill 005 EN 2023-24
8 November 2023
Commons
Bill 005 EN 2023-24 - large print
8 November 2023
Commons
Bill 325 EN 2022-23
19 June 2023
Commons
Bill 325 EN 2022-23 - large print
19 June 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 - 25 October 2023
25 October 2023
Commons
Chair’s provisional selection and grouping of amendments in Committee - 14 September 2023
13 September 2023
Commons
Chair’s provisional selection and grouping of amendments in Committee - 12 September 2023
11 September 2023
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”.

Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill: Delegated Powers Memorandum
17 January 2024
Lords
Memorandum from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee - January 2024
10 January 2024
Commons
Memorandum from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities - May 2023
21 June 2023
Commons

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 38-IV Fourth marshalled list for Committee
10 May 2024
Lords
HL Bill 38-III(a) Amendment for Committee (Supplementary to the Third Marshalled List)
9 May 2024
Lords
HL Bill 38-III Third marshalled list for Committee
2 May 2024
Lords
HL Bill 38-II(a) Amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Second Marshalled List)
30 April 2024
Lords
HL Bill 38-II Second marshalled list for Committee
15 April 2024
Lords
HL Bill 38-I(e) Amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)
10 April 2024
Lords
HL Bill 38-I(d) Amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)
27 March 2024
Lords
HL Bill 38-I(c) Amendment for Committee (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)
22 March 2024
Lords
HL Bill 38-I(b) Amendment for Committee (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)
20 March 2024
Lords
HL Bill 38-I(a) Amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)
19 March 2024
Lords
HL Bill 38-I Marshalled list for Committee
18 March 2024
Lords
HL Bill 38(h) Amendments for Committee
15 March 2024
Lords
HL Bill 38(g) Amendments for Committee
14 March 2024
Lords
HL Bill 38(f) Amendments for Committee
13 March 2024
Lords
HL Bill 38(e) Amendments for Committee
12 March 2024
Lords
HL Bill 38(d) Amendments for Committee
7 March 2024
Lords
HL Bill 38(c) Amendments for Committee
26 February 2024
Lords
HL Bill 38(b) Amendments for Committee
22 February 2024
Lords
HL Bill 38(a) Amendments for Committee
21 February 2024
Lords
Consideration of Bill Amendments as at 25 October 2023
25 October 2023
Commons
Consideration of Bill Amendments as at 25 October 2023 - large print
25 October 2023
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 24 October 2023
24 October 2023
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 23 October 2023
23 October 2023
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 20 October 2023
20 October 2023
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 20 September 2023
20 September 2023
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 19 September 2023
19 September 2023
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 18 September 2023
18 September 2023
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 15 September 2023
15 September 2023
Commons
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 14 September 2023
14 September 2023
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 13 September 2023
13 September 2023
Commons
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 12 September 2023
12 September 2023
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 8 September 2023
8 September 2023
Commons
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 7 September 2023
7 September 2023
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 6 September 2023
6 September 2023
Commons
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 5 September 2023
5 September 2023
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 4 September 2023
4 September 2023
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 18 July 2023
18 July 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 25 October 2023
25 October 2023
Commons
All proceedings up to 14 September 2023 at Public Bill Committee Stage
14 September 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.

Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill: HL Bill 38
30 January 2024
Lords
Briefing paper on the Bill
23 October 2023
Commons

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

7th Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
18 January 2024
Lords

Archive of press notices related to the Bill.

Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill: call for evidence
7 July 2023
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 Karl Drinkwater (EAPBB42)
14 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by the Local Government Association (EAPBB43)
14 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Alyson Tyler (EAPBB44)
14 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) (EAPBB33)
12 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Britain-Israel Communications and Research Centre (BICOM) (EAPBB34)
12 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by the British Palestinian Committee (BPC) (EAPBB35)
12 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Omar Mofeed (EAPBB36)
12 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by the Palestinian Forum in Britain (EAPBB37)
12 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Melanie Phillips (supplementary submission) (EAPBB38)
12 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by UNISON (supplementary submission) (EAPBB39)
12 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) National Committee (EAPBB40)
12 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Yachad (supplementary submission) (EAPBB41)
12 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by War on Want (EAPBB30)
7 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Richard Hermer KC (EAPBB31)
7 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Human Rights Watch (EAPBB32)
7 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) (EAPBB01)
5 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by We Believe in Israel (EAPBB02)
5 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Amnesty International UK (EAPBB03)
5 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Ethical Consumer Research Association (ECRA) (EAPBB04)
5 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Universities UK (UUK) (EAPBB05)
5 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) (EAPBB06)
5 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Anti-Slavery International (EAPBB07)
5 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by the City of London Corporation (EAPBB08)
5 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by the Balfour Project (EAPBB09)
5 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Jews for Justice for Palestinians (EAPBB10)
5 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by the Council for Arab-British Understanding (Caabu) (EAPBB11)
5 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by the Quakers in Britain (EAPBB12)
5 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Diaspora Alliance UK (EAPBB13)
5 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Liberty (EAPBB14)
5 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by the Northern Ireland Local Government Officers' Superannuation Committee (NILGOSC) (EAPBB15)
5 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by The Methodist Church in Britain and the United Reformed Church (EAPBB16)
5 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Labour Friends of Israel (EAPBB17)
5 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (EAPBB18)
5 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by the Jewish Leadership Council (EAPBB19)
5 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Independent Jewish Voices, Jewish Network for Palestine, and Jewish Voice for Labour (joint submission) (EAPBB20)
5 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by the Institute of Race Relations (EAPBB21)
5 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (EAPBB22)
5 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Conservative Friends of Israel (EAPBB23)
5 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (EAPBB24)
5 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by UK Israel Business (EAPBB25)
5 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by the Board of Deputies of British Jews (EAPBB26)
5 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by the Muslim Association of Britain (EAPBB27)
5 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by the Corporate Justice Coalition (EAPBB28)
5 September 2023
Commons
Written evidence submitted by Brunel Pension Partnership Limited and London LGPS CIV Ltd (EAPBB29)
5 September 2023
Commons

List of related Impact Assessments

Impact Assessment from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities - 4 May 2023
21 June 2023
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 Roborough to Lord Collins regarding environmental considerations.
8 May 2024
Letter from Baroness Neville-Rolfe to Baroness Chapman regarding issues raised during the Committee Stage: clarification in the Explanatory Notes on individual accountability for breaches of the ban, how enforcement authorities would assess whether an individual was making a decision on behalf of a public authority.
15 April 2024
Letter from Baroness Neville-Rolfe to Lord Wallace regarding what is meant by individuals who make the decision for the decision-maker, clarification in the Bill’s Explanatory Notes on individual accountability for breaches of the ban.
15 April 2024
Letter from Baroness Neville-Rolfe to Baroness Drake regarding her response to the Constitution Committee report on the Bill: freedom of expression, higher education providers, procedural fairness, financial penalties, devolution.
15 March 2024
Letter from Baroness Neville-Rolfe to Baroness Blackstone clarifying how the Bill distinguishes between Israel, the Occupied Palestine Territories, and the Occupied Golan Heights.
27 February 2024
Letter from Baroness NevIlle-Rolfe to Peers regarding the Bill, introduction.
11 January 2024
Letter from Michael Gove MP to Alicia Kearns MP and others regarding clarification to a response made during the Second reading debate about the advice from diplomatic posts relating to commitments under UN Security Resolutions.
3 July 2023

Full transcripts

Commons Committee stage

Committee debates - compilation pdf of sittings so far
6 October 2023
Commons
14 September 2023
Commons
12 September 2023
Commons
12 September 2023
Commons
7 September 2023
Commons
5 September 2023
Commons
5 September 2023
Commons

Link to the relevant section in the Commons Hansard Daily Report

Commons 2nd reading

2nd reading - Commons Hansard link
3 July 2023
Commons

Commons Report stage

Report stage - Commons Hansard link
25 October 2023
Commons

Commons 3rd reading

3rd reading - Commons Hansard link
10 January 2024
Commons

Lords 1st reading

11 January 2024
Lords

Lords 2nd reading

20 February 2024
Lords

Lords Committee stage

Lords Hansard - part one
14 May 2024
Lords
Lords Hansard - part two
14 May 2024
Lords
20 March 2024
Lords

Lords 1st reading

Minutes of Proceedings
11 January 2024
Lords

Lords 2nd reading

Minutes of Proceedings
20 February 2024
Lords

Lords Committee stage

Minutes of Proceedings - part one
14 May 2024
Lords
Minutes of Proceedings - part two
14 May 2024
Lords
7 May 2024
Lords
Minutes of Proceedings
20 March 2024
Lords