The proceedings of parliament on this legislation are available from Hansard, the record of debates, on the Parliament website.
Please note: Whilst every effort is made to maintain these links, temporary breakages may occur when documents are archived on the Parliament website.
This page will enable you to track progress on the Bill's passage through Parliament.
Legislative passage
| House | Stage | Date |
| Lords | Introduction and First Reading | 28-11-2002 |
| Second Reading (3:10pm) I(4:55pm) | 09-12-2002 | |
| Committee 20-01-2003 (6:58pm) I (9:12pm) 28-01-2003 (5:12pm) I (8:30pm) 4-02-2003 (5:26pm) 10-02-2003 (3:50pm) 11-02-2003 (4:05pm) I (8:25pm) 17-02-2003 (8:07pm) 27-03-2003 (11.00am) I (5:30pm [approx]) |
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| Report Stage 08-05-2003 12-05-2003 |
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| Third Reading | 19-05-2003 | |
| Consideration of Commons Amendments | 12-11-2003 | |
| Commons | Introduction and First Reading | 20-05-2003 |
| Second Reading | 09-06-2003 | |
| Committee 26-06-2003 Morning I Afternoon 1-07-2003 Morning I Afternoon 8-07-2003 Morning I Afternoon 10-07-2003 Morning |
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| Report and Third Reading | 20-10-2003 | |
| Consideration of Lords Amendments | 17-11-2003 | |
| Royal Assent | 20-11-2003 |