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Arbitration Act 2025

Government Bill

Originated in the House of Lords, Session 2024-25

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).

Arbitration Act 2025 (c. 4)
24 February 2025

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 057 2024-25 (as brought from the House of Lords)
6 November 2024
Commons
Bill 057 2024-25 - large print
6 November 2024
Commons
Bill 057 2024-25 (as brought from the House of Lords) - xml download
6 November 2024
Commons
12 September 2024
Lords

Documents to explain the purpose of the Bill.

Bill 057 EN 2024-25 (as brought from the House of Lords)
6 November 2024
Commons
Bill 057 EN 2024-25 - large print
6 November 2024
Commons
18 July 2024
Lords

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

Provisional grouping of clauses by the First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means - 11 February 2025
10 February 2025
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”.

Arbitration Bill: Delegated Powers Memorandum
19 July 2024
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 1-I Marshalled list for Committee
9 September 2024
Lords
HL Bill 1(b) Amendments for Committee
6 September 2024
Lords
HL Bill 1(a) Amendments for Committee
4 September 2024
Lords

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.

Arbitration Bill
7 February 2025
Commons
Arbitration Bill [HL]: HL Bill 1 of 2024–25
25 July 2024
Lords

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

First Repot of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
5 September 2024
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 Lord Ponsonby to Lord Bellamy regarding issues raised at the second reading debate: Clause 13 (Right of appeal against court decision on staying legal proceedings, Explanatory notes for Clause 1 (Law applicable to arbitration agreement), and arbitral corruption.
15 August 2024

Link to the relevant section in the Commons Hansard Daily Report

Commons 2nd reading

2nd reading - Commons Hansard link
29 January 2025
Commons

Commons Programme motion

Programme motion - Commons Hansard link
29 January 2025
Commons

Commons Committee of the whole House

Committee of the whole House - Commons Hansard link
11 February 2025
Commons

Commons 3rd reading

3rd reading - Commons Hansard link
11 February 2025
Commons

Lords 1st reading

18 July 2024
Lords

Lords 2nd reading

30 July 2024
Lords

Lords Committee stage

Lords Hansard - part one
11 September 2024
Lords
Lords Hansard - part two
11 September 2024
Lords

Lords Report stage

30 October 2024
Lords

Lords 3rd reading

6 November 2024
Lords

Royal Assent

24 February 2025

Lords 1st reading

Minutes of Proceedings
18 July 2024
Lords

Lords 2nd reading

Minutes of Proceedings
30 July 2024
Lords

Lords Committee stage

Minutes of Proceedings - part one
11 September 2024
Lords
Minutes of Proceedings - part two
11 September 2024
Lords

Lords Report stage

Minutes of Proceedings
30 October 2024
Lords

Lords 3rd reading

Minutes of Proceedings
6 November 2024
Lords

Royal Assent

Minutes of Proceedings
24 February 2025