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Still-Birth (Definition) Bill [HL]

Private Members' Bill (Starting in the House of Lords)

Originated in the House of Lords, Session 2024-26

Bill (1)

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.

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 39 Running list of amendments - 21 October 2025
21 October 2025
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HL Bill 39 Running list of amendments - 15 September 2025
15 September 2025
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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.

Still-Birth (Definition) Bill: HL Bill 39 2024–25
20 June 2025
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The following select committee reports have been identified as relevant to the debate on the Bill.

27th Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
17 June 2025
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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 Baroness Wheeler to Baroness Bottomley regarding Part 2 of the Civil Partnership, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) Act 2019 and proposed powers of coroners to investigate stillbirths.
22 July 2025

Lords 1st reading

14 October 2024
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Lords 2nd reading

4 July 2025
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Lords 1st reading

Minutes of Proceedings
14 October 2024
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Lords 2nd reading

Minutes of Proceedings
4 July 2025
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