The table below sets out the dates and Hansard References for each stage of the Act’s passage through Parliament.
Stage
Date
Hansard Reference
House of Commons
First Reading
2 May 2018
Vol 640 Col 336
Second Reading
21 May 2018
Vol 641 Col 641-672
Public Bill Committee
1st Sitting: 5 June 2018
Col 1- 30
2nd Sitting: 7 June 2018
3rd Sitting: 7 June 2018
Col 31 - 58
Col 59 - 114
4th Sitting: 12 June 2018
5th Sitting: 12 June 2018
Col 115 - 150
Col 151 - 174
Report Stage
5 September 2018
Vol 646 Col 201 - 247
Third Reading
5 September 2018
Vol 646 Col 247 - 252
House of Lords
First Reading
6 September 2018
Vol 792
Second Reading
10 October 2018
Vol 793 Col 130 - 162
Grand Committee
1st Sitting: 5 November 2018
Vol 793 Col 168GC – 228GC
2nd Sitting: 20 November 2018
Vol 794 Col 143 - 158
Report Stage
11 December 2018
Vol 794 Col 1254 - 1284
Third Reading
15 January 2019
Vol 795 Col 133 - 136
Commons Consideration of Lords Amendments
23 January 2019
Vol 653 Col 258 - 281
Royal Assent
12 February 2019
Vol 654 Col 771
Annex A – Overview of the Act’s passage through Parliament