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	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	Government Bills
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House how many Government Bills since May 2015 have been published in draft and referred for pre-legislative scrutiny by a joint committee or committee of either House; and what proportion these constitute of all Government Bills introduced in that period.
	tabling member printed	Lord Norton of Louth
	uin	HL16472
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>Since May 2015, 13 Government Bills have been published in draft and referred for pre-legislative scrutiny by a joint committee or committee of either House; this constitutes 14.43% of all Government Bills introduced in that period.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 03/07/2019 12:27:13 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	3187 label Biography information for Lord Norton of Louth

1138294

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2019
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	Government Bills
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, further to her Written Answer on 3 July (HL16472), what steps are being taken to increase the proportion of government bills published in draft and submitted for pre-legislative scrutiny by a joint committee or committee of either House.
	tabling member printed	Lord Norton of Louth
	uin	HL17091
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is supportive of the role of pre-legislative scrutiny, and looks to take steps wherever possible to facilitate it. In the 2016-17 session, the Government published 3 draft bills. In this session we have published ten draft pieces of legislation for pre-legislative scrutiny by a joint committee or a committee of either house, these were: Draft Health Service Safety Investigations Bill; Draft Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill; Draft clause on the Personal Injury Discount Rate - subsequently included in the Civil Liability Bill; Draft Tenants Fees Bill; Draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill 2017; Draft Finance Bill; Draft Registration of Overseas Entities Bill; Draft Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill; Draft Environment (Principles and Governance) Bill; Draft Domestic Abuse Bill.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 23/07/2019 16:37:03 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	3187 label Biography information for Lord Norton of Louth

1649610

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2023
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Government Bills
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what the average number of clauses in government bills that received Royal Assent was in the last five sessions.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	192110
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2023 answer text <p>In the last five sessions, the following number of Government Bills reached Royal Assent:</p><table><tbody><tr><th><p>Session</p></th><th><p>Number of Bills reaching Royal Assent</p></th></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-21</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-19</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The average number of clauses in Government Bills that received Royal Assent in that period is not held centrally. To provide this information would therefore incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The full text of each Government Act from each of the last five sessions is available on legislation.gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 06/07/2023 14:48:00 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1661398

	registered interest
	date	18/09/2023
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Government Bills
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, how many Government Bills have been withdrawn in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
	tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
	uin	200115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>Parliament has been informed on each occasion a bill has been withdrawn. Information on the bills withdrawn in each session is available on the Parliament website at: <a href="https://bills.parliament.uk/" target="_blank">https://bills.parliament.uk/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 16/10/2023 09:10:40 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon