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- desk · 28 Jun 2026 · By Margery Ellis-Crowe
Amendment papers, 28 June 2026
Seven bills at Committee or Report stage drew new clauses and schedules today, with notable activity on public accountability, electoral administration, and the mechanics of nationalisation. The Terminally Ill Adults bill saw its first named-sponsor clauses tabled; the Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill attracted three reporting requirements from Lord Sharpe.
- desk · 27 Jun 2026 · By Margery Ellis-Crowe
Amendment papers, 27 June 2026
Seven bills saw new clauses tabled today, led by Report stage amendments on the Public Office (Accountability) Bill and a clutch of end-of-life safeguard provisions in Committee. Structural changes to NHS governance and court specialisation appear alongside electoral and payment practice reforms.
- desk · 20 Jun 2026 · By Margery Ellis-Crowe
Amendment papers, 20 June 2026
Three bills at Report stage and five in Committee drew amendments today, with new clauses spanning assisted dying safeguards, public-office candour, electoral financing, judicial training, and armed forces compensation. Named backbench sponsors dominate the papers.
- desk · 19 Jun 2026 · By Margery Ellis-Crowe
Amendment papers, 19 June 2026
Seven bills face substantive amendment at report or committee stage today. New clauses tabled include offences for destruction of inquiry records, a post-quantum cryptography standard for sporting-event ticketing, and specialist courts for sexual offences cases. No commencement-date amendments appear.
- desk · 18 Jun 2026 · By Margery Ellis-Crowe
Amendment papers, 18 June 2026
Today's papers surface new protections in the assisted dying Bill, a cluster of anti-money laundering supervision reforms at Lords committee, and an unusual ECHR exemption clause tabled for deployed reservists.
- desk · 16 Jun 2026 · By Margery Ellis-Crowe
Reading the Online Safety Act 2023
The Act imposes duties of care on providers of user-to-user services and search services in relation to illegal content, content harmful to children, and content harmful to adults (for certain categorised services), and confers enforcement powers on OFCOM; it also creates new communications offences and requires age verification for pornographic content providers.
- desk · 15 Jun 2026 · By Margery Ellis-Crowe
Amendment papers, 15 June 2026
Seven bills tabled substantive new clauses today across both Houses. Report stage continues on electoral law and cyber security in the Commons; Lords committees have moved onto aviation consumer protections and financial services secondary objectives. Three amendments already voted down at report.