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.
The amendment of the law motion relates to the chancellor's Budget statement. It is a general resolution laid before the House of Commons by the chancellor of the exchequer. It enables the financial changes proposed in the Budget statement to be passed into law. The amendment of the law is moved formally at the start of the Budget debate and, together with the Ways and Means resolutions, is voted on at the end of this debate.
Titles Deprivation Act 1917 Amendment Bill: Second Reading – Bob Seely.
Mobile Homes Act 1983 (Amendment) Bill: Second Reading – Christopher Chope.
Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) Bill - second reading – Lord Kennedy of Southwark.
Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (Amendment) Bill: Second Reading – Christopher Chope.
General Medical Council (Fitness to Practise) Rules (Amendment) Bill: Second Reading – Daisy Cooper.
Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 (Amendment) Bill: Second Reading – Fleur Anderson.
Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill - Lords Consideration of Commons Amendments – Lord Sharpe of Epsom.
Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) Bill: Remaining Stages – Julie Elliott.
Health and Equality Acts (Amendment) Bill: Second Reading – Elizabeth Truss.
Greater London Low Emission Zone Charging (Amendment) Bill: Adjourned debate on Second Reading [22 March] – Gareth Johnson.
Highways Act 1980 (Amendment) Bill: Second Reading – Christopher Chope.
Statutory Instruments Act 1946 (Amendment) Bill: Second Reading – Christopher Chope.
Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 (Amendment) Bill: Second Reading – Christopher Chope.
Official Controls (Fees and Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2024; Plant Health (Fees) (England) and Official Controls (Frequency of Checks) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 – Lord Douglas-Miller.
Veterinary Medicines (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2024 – Lord Douglas-Miller.
Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment, Surrender and Compensation) Order 2024 – Lord Sharpe of Epsom.
Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee: The draft Post Office Network Subsidy Scheme (Amendment) Order 2024.
Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee: The draft Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2024.
Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee: The draft Official Controls (Fees and Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2024.
Official Controls (Fees and Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2024; Plant Health (Fees) (England) and Official Controls (Frequency of Checks) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 – Lord Douglas-Miller.