Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015
To make provision about improved access to finance for businesses and individuals; to make provision about regulatory provisions relating to business and certain voluntary and community bodies; to make provision about the exercise of procurement functions by certain public authorities; to make provision for the creation of a Pubs Code and Adjudicator for the regulation of dealings by pub-owning businesses with their tied pub tenants; to make provision about the regulation of the provision of childcare; to make provision about information relating to the evaluation of education; to make provision about the regulation of companies; to make provision about company filing requirements; to make provision about the disqualification from appointments relating to companies; to make provision about insolvency; to make provision about the law relating to employment; and for connected purposes.
Legislative progress
Commons
25 Jun 2014
1st reading
Commons
16 Jul 2014
2nd reading
Commons
16 Jul 2014
Programme motion
Commons
16 Jul 2014
Money resolution
Commons
16 Jul 2014
Ways and Means resolution
Commons
14 Oct 2014
Committee stage
Commons
18 Nov 2014
Programme motion
Commons
18 Nov 2014
Report stage
Commons
19 Nov 2014
3rd reading
Lords
19 Nov 2014
1st reading
Lords
2 Dec 2014
2nd reading
Lords
7 Jan 2015
Committee stage
Lords
3 Mar 2015
Report stage
Lords
17 Mar 2015
3rd reading
Commons
24 Mar 2015
Consideration of Lords amendments
Unassigned
26 Mar 2015
Royal Assent
Bill documents
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Impact Assessments Unassigned 5 Mar 2014Matters to be taken into account by the Court when determining that a person is unfit to act as a company director
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Impact Assessments Unassigned 5 Mar 2014Extending the time limit for director disqualification proceedings under the CDDA
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Impact Assessments Unassigned 5 Mar 2014Widening the scope of material that can be used in director disqualification proceedings
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Impact Assessments Unassigned 28 Mar 2014SME Credit Data
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Impact Assessments Unassigned 24 Apr 2014The Appointment of Small Business Appeals Champions
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Impact Assessments Unassigned 1 Jun 2014Summary document
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Impact Assessments Unassigned 12 Jun 2014Insolvency Practitioner Regulation - Regulatory Objectives and Oversight Powers
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Impact Assessments Unassigned 12 Jun 2014Insolvency Practitioner fees regime
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Impact Assessments Unassigned 12 Jun 2014Protecting the market from the individuals who have been convicted overseas
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Impact Assessments Unassigned 14 Jun 2014Report director misconduct: RTC proposals to change reporting processes
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Impact Assessments Unassigned 14 Jun 2014Enabling Liquidators and Administrators to assign to third parties certain rights of action that only they can bring under the Insolvency Act 1986 and to extend the right to bring fraudulent and wrongful trading actions to an administrator
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Impact Assessments Unassigned 14 Jun 2014Proposed changes to the law governing insolvency proceedings
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Impact Assessments Unassigned 18 Jun 2014Giving the court and Secretary of State a power to make a compensatory award against a director
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Impact Assessments Unassigned 19 Jun 2014Pubs Statutory Code and Adjudicator
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Impact Assessments Unassigned 20 Jun 2014Power to set the National minimum wage financial penalty on a per worker basis
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Impact Assessments Unassigned 22 Jun 2014Final Impact Assessments covering Transparency and Trust
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Impact Assessments Unassigned 22 Jun 2014Company Filing Requirements - Red Tape Challenge
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Explanatory Notes Commons 25 Jun 2014Bill 11 EN
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Bill Commons 25 Jun 2014Bill 11 2014-15 (as introduced)
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Impact Assessments Unassigned 3 Jul 2014Help to match SMEs rejected for finance with alternative lenders
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Briefing papers Commons 10 Jul 2014Briefing Paper on Second Reading
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Press notices Commons 18 Jul 2014Have your say on the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill
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Impact Assessments Unassigned 21 Jul 2014Report director misconduct: RTC proposals to change reporting processes (updated)
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Amendment Paper Commons 11 Sep 2014Notices of Amendments given on 10 September 2014
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Impact Assessments Unassigned 22 Sep 2014Speeding up cheque payments: legislating for cheque imaging
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Impact Assessments Unassigned 2 Oct 2014Power to set the national minimum wage financial penalty on a per worker basis
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Press notices Commons 8 Oct 2014Small Business Bill evidence programme announced
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Impact Assessments Unassigned 8 Oct 2014Regulatory Policy Committee validation impact assessment: Speeding up cheque payments - legislating for cheque imaging
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Impact Assessments Unassigned 10 Oct 2014Changes to reporting on the conduct of directors by insolvency office-holders. Red tape challenge measure.
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Amendment Paper Commons 13 Oct 2014Notices of Amendments given up to and including 10 October 2014
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Impact Assessments Unassigned 13 Oct 2014Banning exclusivity clauses in zero hours contracts
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Amendment Paper Commons 14 Oct 2014Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 14 October 2014
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Amendment Paper Commons 15 Oct 2014Notices of Amendments given on 14 October 2014
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Bill proceedings: Commons Commons 15 Oct 2014Public Bill Committee Proceedings as at 14 October 2014
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Impact Assessments Unassigned 15 Oct 2014Consultation on tackling avoidance of ban on exclusivity clauses in zero hours contracts
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Amendment Paper Commons 16 Oct 2014Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 16 October 2014
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Amendment Paper Commons 17 Oct 2014Notices of Amendments given on 16 October 2014
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Bill proceedings: Commons Commons 17 Oct 2014Public Bill Committee Proceedings as at 16 October 2014
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Amendment Paper Commons 20 Oct 2014Notices of Amendments given on 17 October 2014
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Selection of amendments: Commons Commons 20 Oct 2014Consideration in Committee: Selection 1 - Revised
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Amendment Paper Commons 21 Oct 2014Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 October 2014
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Amendment Paper Commons 22 Oct 2014Notices of Amendments given on 21 October 2014
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Act of Parliament Commons 22 Oct 2014Public Bill Committee Proceedings as at 21 October 2014
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Amendment Paper Commons 23 Oct 2014Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 23 October 2014
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Selection of amendments: Commons Commons 23 Oct 2014Consideration in Committee: Selection 2
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Amendment Paper Commons 24 Oct 2014Notices of Amendments given on 23 October 2014
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Bill proceedings: Commons Commons 24 Oct 2014Public Bill Committee Proceedings as at 23 October 2014
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Impact Assessments Unassigned 27 Oct 2014Proposed changes to the law governing insolvency proceedings (Updated)
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Amendment Paper Commons 28 Oct 2014Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 28 October 2014
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Selection of amendments: Commons Commons 28 Oct 2014Consideration in Committee: Selection 3
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Impact Assessments Unassigned 28 Oct 2014Power to set the National minimum wage financial penalty on a per worker basis (updated)
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Amendment Paper Commons 29 Oct 2014Notices of Amendments given on 28 October 2014
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Bill proceedings: Commons Commons 29 Oct 2014Public Bill Committee Proceedings as at 28 October 2014
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Amendment Paper Commons 30 Oct 2014Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 30 October 2014
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Selection of amendments: Commons Commons 30 Oct 2014Consideration in Committee: Selection 4
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Amendment Paper Commons 31 Oct 2014Notices of Amendments given on 30 October 2014
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Bill proceedings: Commons Commons 31 Oct 2014Public Bill Committee Proceedings as at 30 October 2014
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Amendment Paper Commons 4 Nov 2014Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 4 November 2014
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Selection of amendments: Commons Commons 4 Nov 2014Consideration in Committee: Selection 5
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Bill proceedings: Commons Commons 5 Nov 2014Public Bill Committee Proceedings as at 4 November 2014
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Selection of amendments: Commons Commons 6 Nov 2014Consideration in Commitee: Selection 6
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Amendment Paper Commons 6 Nov 2014Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 6 November 2014
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Amendment Paper Commons 7 Nov 2014Notices of Amendments as at 6 November 2014
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Bill proceedings: Commons Commons 7 Nov 2014Public Bill Committee Proceedings as at 6 November 2014
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Bill Commons 7 Nov 2014Bill 117 2014-15 (as amended in Public Bill Committee)
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Tracked changes versions of Bills: Commons Commons 10 Nov 2014Version of the bill showing changes made in committee
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Amendment Paper Commons 10 Nov 2014Notices of Amendments given on 7 November 2014
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Amendment Paper Commons 12 Nov 2014Notices of Amendments given on 11 November 2014
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Amendment Paper Commons 13 Nov 2014Notices of Amendments given on 12 November 2014
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Amendment Paper Commons 14 Nov 2014Provisional Notices of Amendments and Added Names as at 14 November 2014
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Amendment Paper Commons 14 Nov 2014Notices of Amendments given on 13 November 2014
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Impact Assessments Unassigned 14 Nov 2014Summary document (Second edition)
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Briefing papers Commons 17 Nov 2014Committee Stage Report
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Amendment Paper Commons 17 Nov 2014Notices of Amendments given up to and including 14 November 2014
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Amendment Paper Commons 18 Nov 2014Consideration of Bill as at 18 November 2014
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Selection of amendments: Commons Commons 18 Nov 2014Consideration on Report (Day 1)
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Amendment Paper Commons 19 Nov 2014Consideration of Bill as at 19 November 2014
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Selection of amendments: Commons Commons 19 Nov 2014Consideration on Report (Day 2)
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Bill proceedings: Commons Commons 19 Nov 2014Report Stage Proceedings as at 18 November 2014
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Bill proceedings: Commons Commons 20 Nov 2014Report Stage Proceedings as at 19 November 2014
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Explanatory Notes Lords 20 Nov 2014HL Bill 57-EN
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Bill Lords 20 Nov 2014HL Bill 57 2014-15, as brought from the Commons
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Briefing papers Lords 28 Nov 2014Library Note 2014/038
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Amendment Paper Lords 9 Dec 2014Amendment to be moved in Grand Committee
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Will write letters Unassigned 9 Dec 2014Letter from Baroness Neville-Rolfe to Baroness Byford regarding the Government's broadband initiative
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Amendment Paper Lords 18 Dec 2014Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee
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Amendment Paper Lords 19 Dec 2014Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee
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Amendment Paper Lords 20 Dec 2014Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee
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Amendment Paper Lords 23 Dec 2014Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee
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Amendment Paper Lords 29 Dec 2014Amendment to be moved in Grand Committee
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Amendment Paper Lords 6 Jan 2015Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee
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Amendment Paper Lords 7 Jan 2015Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee [Supplementary to the Marshalled List]
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Amendment Paper Lords 8 Jan 2015Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee [Supplementary to the Marshalled List]
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Amendment Paper Lords 9 Jan 2015Second Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee
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Amendment Paper Lords 10 Jan 2015Amendment to be moved in Grand Committee [Supplementary to the Second Marshalled List]
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Amendment Paper Lords 13 Jan 2015Third Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee
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Amendment Paper Lords 15 Jan 2015Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee [Supplementary to the Third Marshalled List]
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Amendment Paper Lords 16 Jan 2015Fourth Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee
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Amendment Paper Lords 17 Jan 2015Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee [Supplementary to the Fourth Marshalled List]
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Amendment Paper Lords 20 Jan 2015Fifth Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee
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Amendment Paper Lords 21 Jan 2015Revised Fifth Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee
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Impact Assessments Unassigned 21 Jan 2015Pubs Statutory Code and Adjudicator (revised)
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Amendment Paper Lords 22 Jan 2015Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee [Supplementary to the Revised Fifth Marshalled List]
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Will write letters Unassigned 22 Jan 2015Letter from Baroness Neville-Rolfe to Lord Mendelsohn et al regarding changing the Parliamentary procedure to which any regulations made under Clause 38 (Public Sector Procurement) of the Bill will be subject
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Amendment Paper Lords 23 Jan 2015Sixth Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee
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Amendment Paper Lords 24 Jan 2015Amendment to be moved in Grand Committee [Supplementary to the Sixth Marshalled List]
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Amendment Paper Lords 27 Jan 2015Seventh Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee
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Amendment Paper Lords 28 Jan 2015Amendment to be moved in Grand Committee [Supplementary to the Seventh Marshalled List]
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Bill Lords 29 Jan 2015HL Bill 91 2014-15 [as amended in Grand Committee]
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Will write letters Unassigned 29 Jan 2015Letter from Baroness Neville-Rolfe to Lord Mendelsohn regarding the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill: Director disqualification provisons - Part 9
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Amendment Paper Lords 5 Feb 2015Amendments to be moved on Report
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Will write letters Unassigned 5 Feb 2015Letter from Baroness Neville-Rolfe to Lord Flight and Lord Leigh of Hurley regarding the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill: shadow director duties.
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Legislative Consent Motions-devolved legislatures Commons 12 Feb 2015National Assembly for Wales - 26 November 2014
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Amendment Paper Lords 25 Feb 2015Amendments to be moved on Report
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Amendment Paper Lords 26 Feb 2015Amendments to be moved on Report
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Amendment Paper Lords 27 Feb 2015Amendments to be moved on Report
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Amendment Paper Lords 28 Feb 2015Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved on Report
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Impact Assessments Unassigned 1 Mar 2015Summary document
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Legislative Consent Motions-devolved legislatures Commons 3 Mar 2015Northern Ireland Assembly 13 January 2014
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Legislative Consent Motions-devolved legislatures Commons 3 Mar 2015Northern Ireland Assembly 20 January 2014
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Legislative Consent Motions-devolved legislatures Commons 3 Mar 2015National Assembly for Wales 18 November 2014
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Legislative Consent Motions-devolved legislatures Commons 3 Mar 2015National Assembly for Wales 13 January 2015
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Amendment Paper Lords 4 Mar 2015Amendments to be moved on Report [Supplementary to the Marshalled List]
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Amendment Paper Lords 5 Mar 2015Amendments to be moved on Report [Supplementary to the Marshalled List]
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Amendment Paper Lords 6 Mar 2015Second Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved on Report
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Amendment Paper Lords 6 Mar 2015Second Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved on Report
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Amendment Paper Lords 7 Mar 2015Amendments to be moved on Report [Supplementary to the Second Marshalled List]
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Amendment Paper Lords 10 Mar 2015Third Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved on Report
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Amendment Paper Lords 11 Mar 2015Amendment to be moved on Report [Supplementary to the Third Marshalled List]
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Will write letters Unassigned 11 Mar 2015Letter from Baroness Neville-Rolfe to Lord Forsyth of Drumlean regarding Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill: PSC (people with significant control) register
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Will write letters Unassigned 11 Mar 2015Letter from Baroness Neville-Rolfe to Lord Watson of Invergowrie regarding Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill: PSC register
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Bill Lords 12 Mar 2015HL Bill 103 2014-15 [as amended on Report]
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Amendment Paper Lords 14 Mar 2015Amendments to be moved on Third Reading
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Amendment Paper Lords 17 Mar 2015Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved on Third Reading
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Bill Commons 18 Mar 2015Bill 190 2014-15, Lords Amendments to the Bill
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Explanatory Notes Commons 18 Mar 2015Bill 190-EN 2014-15, Explanatory Notes on Lords Amendments
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Legislative Consent Motions-devolved legislatures Commons 18 Mar 2015National Assembly for Wales -17 March 2015
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Selection of amendments: Commons Commons 24 Mar 2015Consideration of Lords Amendments
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Bill proceedings: Commons Commons 26 Mar 2015Proceedings on Consideration of Lords Amendments as at 24 March 2015
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Act of Parliament Commons 30 Mar 2015Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 c.26
Chamber debates
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Hansard 22 Jan 2018
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Hansard 24 Mar 2015
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Hansard 24 Mar 2015
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Hansard 17 Mar 2015
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Hansard 11 Mar 2015
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Hansard 9 Mar 2015
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Hansard 3 Mar 2015
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Hansard 3 Mar 2015
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Hansard 26 Feb 2015
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Hansard 15 Dec 2014
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Hansard 2 Dec 2014
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Hansard 19 Nov 2014
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Hansard 19 Nov 2014
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Hansard 18 Nov 2014
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Hansard 18 Nov 2014
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Hansard 16 Jul 2014
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Hansard 16 Jul 2014
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Hansard 16 Jul 2014
Committee debates
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Hansard 11 Jan 2022
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Hansard 28 Jan 2015
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Hansard 26 Jan 2015
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Hansard 21 Jan 2015
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Hansard 19 Jan 2015
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Hansard 14 Jan 2015
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Hansard 12 Jan 2015
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Hansard 7 Jan 2015