Question on motion to approve the Local Government Finance Report (England) put Procedures
A step of type Business step.
Ministers must table a motion to approve the Local Government Finance Report (England) in the House of Commons. Once the instrument has been moved or debated the Question can then be put.
There are 2 procedures.
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Local Government Finance Report
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Made affirmative
Instruments subject to the made affirmative procedure are signed into law before being laid in Parliament but require approval from Parliament within a specified period. There are different types of made affirmative SIs: the most common type of made affirmative SI comes into force before it is approved (and can come into force before it is laid) but cannot remain in force unless it is approved by Parliament within a specified period. Another rarer type of made affirmative SI is laid after being made but cannot come into force unless the instrument is approved by Parliament. The relevant procedure and the length of the approval period is defined in the parent Act.