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Private Members' Bills

Question for The Senior Deputy Speaker

UIN HL7631, tabled on 3 May 2023

To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker how many Private Members’ Bills introduced in the House of Lords in each of the past five sessions completed all their stages in the Lords and were sent to the Commons.

Answered on

15 May 2023

The figures for Private Members’ Bills that started in the House of Lords and reached the House of Commons are set out below. Figures are provided from the 2016–17 session up to and including the present session to date.

Session

2016-17

2017-19

2019-19

2019-21

2021-22

2022-to date

PMBs introduced in the Lords

51

74

40

86

45

42

Lords-starting PMBs reaching the Commons

5

11 (1 Bill received Royal Assent - Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill)

0

0

10

7 (1 Bill received Royal Assent – the Ballot Secrecy Bill)