Draft affirmative Laid before the House of Lords
1 January 1948 -
Instruments subject to the draft affirmative procedure are laid in draft and require approval in Parliament before being signed into law. Instruments concerning taxation are not laid in the Lords and only require the approval of the Commons. The Commons debates the instrument in a Delegated Legislation Committee or in the Commons Chamber, where a decision on approval is made. The Lords debates the instrument in Grand Committee or in the Lords Chamber, where a decision on approval is made.
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Laying before the House of Lords is the formal registration of an instrument. Some instruments are laid before both Houses, some, to do with financial/tax matters, are laid before the House of Commons only.
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