Made negative Business step

1 January 1948 -

Instruments subject to the made negative procedure do not require approval in Parliament before becoming law. These instruments may come into force on any date after being laid. Instruments concerning taxation are not laid in the Lords. Either House may pass a motion within the objection period which annuls the instrument and stops it having effect.

There are 121 steps.

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Step	Actualisation count
Certified as England and Wales only under the English votes for English laws (EVEL) process	0
Certified as England only under the English votes for English laws (EVEL) process	5
Certified as England, Wales and Northern Ireland only under the English votes for English laws (EVEL) process	0
Chamber debate	19
Chamber debate	106
Communication declaring the instrument had come into operation before being laid before Parliament	50
Communication declaring the instrument had come into operation before being laid before Parliament	49
Considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI)	3914
Considered by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC)	3978
Considered by the Select Committee on Statutory Instruments (SCSI)	548
Considered for English votes for English laws (EVEL) certification	7
Correction made: Instrument should not have been laid in the House of Lords	1
Debate on motion to refer the instrument to a Delegated Legislation Committee (DLC)	0
Decision on motion (prayer) to stop the instrument being law deferred	1
Decision on motion to refer the instrument to a Delegated Legislation Committee (DLC) deferred	0
Decision on non-fatal motion (prayer) to object to the instrument deferred	0
Delegated Legislation Committee (DLC) debate	13
Drawn to the special attention of the House by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC)	253
Drawn to the special attention of the House by the Select Committee on Statutory Instruments (SCSI)	71
Drawn to the special attention of the Houses by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI)	695
Further information published by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC)	92
Grand Committee debate	13
Information paragraph provided by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC)	1130
Instrument comes into force as law	4531
Instrument created	4565
Instrument created requiring the Secretary of State under Sections 172(1) and 174(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 to refer proposals to the Social Security Advisory Committee	5
Instrument created requiring the Secretary of State under section 22 of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 to lay before Parliament a report having regard to the desirability of not making a change to protected elements of a pensions scheme	5
Instrument created under the urgent procedure set out in Paragraph 14(6) of Schedule 8 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018	0
Instrument introducing one or more criminal offences under Schedule 7 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 created	0
Instrument made (signed into law)	4575
Instrument remains law	4459
Instrument replaced by revoking instrument	19
Instrument revoked by another instrument	29
Instrument stops being law	32
Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) draws the special attention of both Houses to the instrument on other grounds	43
Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) draws the special attention of both Houses to the instrument on the grounds that it fails to comply with proper legislative practice	168
Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) draws the special attention of both Houses to the instrument on the grounds that it is defectively drafted	342
Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) draws the special attention of both Houses to the instrument on the grounds that it makes unusual or unexpected use of the enabling power	24
Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) draws the special attention of both Houses to the instrument on the grounds that it requires elucidation	211
Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) draws the special attention of both Houses to the instrument on the grounds that there is doubt as to whether they are intra vires	61
Laid before the House of Commons	4575
Laid before the House of Lords	4014
Motion (prayer) to stop the instrument being law approved	0
Motion (prayer) to stop the instrument being law approved	0
Motion (prayer) to stop the instrument being law lapsed at end of session	44
Motion (prayer) to stop the instrument being law lapsed at end of session	4
Motion (prayer) to stop the instrument being law not moved	0
Motion (prayer) to stop the instrument being law not moved	0
Motion (prayer) to stop the instrument being law rejected	12
Motion (prayer) to stop the instrument being law rejected	5
Motion (prayer) to stop the instrument being law tabled	87
Motion (prayer) to stop the instrument being law tabled	15
Motion (prayer) to stop the instrument being law withdrawn	6
Motion (prayer) to stop the instrument being law withdrawn	6
Motion to consider the instrument approved	13
Motion to consider the instrument lapsed at end of session	0
Motion to consider the instrument not moved	0
Motion to consider the instrument rejected	0
Motion to consider the instrument tabled	1
Motion to consider the instrument withdrawn	0
Motion to refer the instrument to a Delegated Legislation Committee (DLC) approved	13
Motion to refer the instrument to a Delegated Legislation Committee (DLC) lapsed at end of session	0
Motion to refer the instrument to a Delegated Legislation Committee (DLC) not moved	0
Motion to refer the instrument to a Delegated Legislation Committee (DLC) rejected	0
Motion to refer the instrument to a Delegated Legislation Committee (DLC) tabled by the Government	13
Motion to refer the instrument to a Delegated Legislation Committee (DLC) withdrawn	0
Motion to take note of the instrument approved	28
Motion to take note of the instrument lapsed at end of session	4
Motion to take note of the instrument not moved	0
Motion to take note of the instrument rejected	0
Motion to take note of the instrument tabled	28
Motion to take note of the instrument withdrawn	0
No comment by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC)	2593
Non-fatal motion (prayer) to object to the instrument approved	1
Non-fatal motion (prayer) to object to the instrument approved	9
Non-fatal motion (prayer) to object to the instrument lapsed at end of session	3
Non-fatal motion (prayer) to object to the instrument lapsed at end of session	28
Non-fatal motion (prayer) to object to the instrument not moved	6
Non-fatal motion (prayer) to object to the instrument not moved	0
Non-fatal motion (prayer) to object to the instrument rejected	7
Non-fatal motion (prayer) to object to the instrument rejected	12
Non-fatal motion (prayer) to object to the instrument tabled	12
Non-fatal motion (prayer) to object to the instrument tabled	134
Non-fatal motion (prayer) to object to the instrument withdrawn	72
Non-fatal motion (prayer) to object to the instrument withdrawn	0
Not certified under the English votes for English laws (EVEL) process	2
Not drawn to the special attention of the House by the Select Committee on Statutory Instruments (SCSI)	476
Not drawn to the special attention of the Houses by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI)	3206
Objection period ends	4578
Oral evidence session by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC)	8
Procedure concluded in the House of Commons	548
Procedure concluded in the House of Commons and the House of Lords	3940
Question on motion (prayer) to stop the instrument being law put	12
Question on motion (prayer) to stop the instrument being law put	5
Question on motion to refer the instrument to a Delegated Legislation Committee (DLC) put	13
Question on motion to take note of the instrument put	28
Question on non-fatal motion (prayer) to object to the instrument put	8
Question on non-fatal motion (prayer) to object to the instrument put	23
Question put on motion to consider the instrument	13
Report by the Social Security Advisory Committee and statement by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions laid before the House of Commons	5
Report by the Social Security Advisory Committee and statement by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions laid before the House of Lords	5
Report under section 22(2)(b) of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 laid before the House of Commons	5
Report under section 22(2)(b) of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 laid before the House of Lords	5
Report under section 22(2)(b) of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 withdrawn from the House of Commons	0
Report under section 22(2)(b) of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 withdrawn from the House of Lords	0
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) draws the special attention of the House to the instrument on other grounds	1
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) draws the special attention of the House to the instrument on the grounds that it is politically or legally important or gives rise to issues of public policy likely to be of interest to the House	207
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) draws the special attention of the House to the instrument on the grounds that it may be inappropriate in view of changed circumstances since the enactment of the parent Act	0
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) draws the special attention of the House to the instrument on the grounds that it may imperfectly achieve its policy objectives	5
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) draws the special attention of the House to the instrument on the grounds that the explanatory material laid in support provides insufficient information to gain a clear understanding about the instrument's policy objective and intended implementation	44
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) draws the special attention of the House to the instrument on the grounds that there appear to be inadequacies in the consultation process which relates to the instrument	2
Select Committee on Statutory Instruments (SCSI) draws the special attention of the House to the instrument on other grounds	3
Select Committee on Statutory Instruments (SCSI) draws the special attention of the House to the instrument on the grounds that it fails to comply with proper legislative practice	18
Select Committee on Statutory Instruments (SCSI) draws the special attention of the House to the instrument on the grounds that it is defectively drafted	26
Select Committee on Statutory Instruments (SCSI) draws the special attention of the House to the instrument on the grounds that it makes unusual or unexpected use of the enabling power	2
Select Committee on Statutory Instruments (SCSI) draws the special attention of the House to the instrument on the grounds that it requires elucidation	22
Select Committee on Statutory Instruments (SCSI) draws the special attention of the House to the instrument on the grounds that there is doubt as to whether they are intra vires	12
Statement deposited by the Government, declaring the introduction of one or more criminal offences under Schedule 7 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018	0
Statement deposited by the Government, declaring the introduction of one or more criminal offences under Schedule 7 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018	0
Written statement invoking the urgent procedure set out in Paragraph 14(6) of Schedule 8 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018	0
Written statement invoking the urgent procedure set out in Paragraph 14(6) of Schedule 8 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018	0

Procedure identifier

https://id.parliament.uk/5S6p4YsP

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# We declare the Parliament and ID namespaces.
PREFIX : <https://id.parliament.uk/schema/>
PREFIX id: <https://id.parliament.uk/>

# We select the properties we want to appear in results. If all properties are required, an asterisk can be used between SELECT and WHERE instead of listing properties.
SELECT DISTINCT ?procedure ?procedureName ?stepType ?stepTypeLabel ?step ?stepName ?legislature ?legislatureName ?commonsId ?lordsId (COALESCE(?rawBiCount, 0) AS ?biCount) WHERE {

# We set the value of the procedure property.   
VALUES ?procedure { id:5S6p4YsP }

# We specify that the procedure property is a procedure and look for its name.   
?procedure a :Procedure;
:name ?procedureName.

# We look for all procedure routes and the steps in those routes, including whether they are a From step or a To step. The pipe in line 17 is a SPARQL OR.  
?procedure :procedureHasProcedureRoute ?route.
?route :procedureRouteIsFromProcedureStep|:procedureRouteIsToProcedureStep ?step.

# We specify the procedure step must have a name, a step type and that the step type also has a name.   
?step :name ?stepName.
?step :procedureStepHasProcedureStepType ?stepType.
?stepType :name ?stepTypeLabel.

# We limit steps to being only of the type 'Business step'.
FILTER (?stepType in (id:Jwc6nqJi))

# We check to see if the step belongs to a legislature. A legislature will be Scottish Parliament, Senedd Cymru or the Northern Ireland Assembly.   
OPTIONAL {?step :procedureStepInLegislature ?legislature .
?legislature :name ?legislatureName .}

# We check to see if the step belongs to the House of Commons.     
OPTIONAL {?step :procedureStepHasHouse ?commonsId .
FILTER (?commonsId = id:1AFu55Hs)}

# We check to see if the step belongs to the House of Lords.   
OPTIONAL {?step :procedureStepHasHouse ?lordsId .
FILTER (?lordsId = id:WkUWUBMx)}

# We specify an optional subquery which calculates the number of distinct business items that actualise a steps from the procedure. We make it optional because not every step will be actualised in a business item.   
OPTIONAL {
SELECT ?step (COUNT(DISTINCT ?bi) AS ?rawBiCount)
WHERE {
# We find business items actualising the step. 
?step :procedureStepHasBusinessItem ?bi .

# We find the work package each business item belongs to.
?bi :businessItemHasWorkPackage ?wp.

# We specify that the work packages must have the procedure. 
?wp :workPackageHasProcedure id:5S6p4YsP.}

# We group the results by step.    
GROUP BY ?step}
}

# We order the results by step name. 
ORDER BY ?stepName