Part of Orders of the Day — Private Members' Bills – in the House of Commons at 2:26 pm on 28 June 1991.
Mr Allen McKay
, Barnsley West and Penistone
2:26,
28 June 1991
With the agreement of the hon. Member in charge of the Bill, Friday 5 July.
A proposal for new legislation that is debated by Parliament.
As a bill passes through Parliament, MPs and peers may suggest amendments - or changes - which they believe will improve the quality of the legislation.
Many hundreds of amendments are proposed by members to major bills as they pass through committee stage, report stage and third reading in both Houses of Parliament.
In the end only a handful of amendments will be incorporated into any bill.
The Speaker - or the chairman in the case of standing committees - has the power to select which amendments should be debated.
