Cold Weather Payments Bill 2017-19
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. require the Secretary of State to report annually on the representativeness in respect of relevant postcode districts of weather stations designated for the purpose of calculating cold weather payments and to conduct a study of alternative methods of calculating cold weather in each postcode district; and for connected purposes.
Private Members' Bill (under the Ten Minute Rule)
The Cold Weather Payments was a Ten Minute Rule Bill tabled by Hywel Williams.
Is this Bill currently before Parliament?No. This Bill is not under active consideration by Parliament, as it was introduced during the previous 2017-19 Session.
Whose idea is this Bill?As a Private Members' Bill, this Bill represents the individual initiative of an MP (Hywel Williams), not the Government.
What type of Bill is this?A Ten Minute Rule Bill is a process of tabling a bill, where an MP has 10 minutes to advocate for their legislation to the Commons and the Minister responsible.
So is this going to become a law?No. This Bill did not complete it's passage before the Session completed and is no longer before Parliament. However, it may have been re-introduced under a similar name in a subsequent Session.
Would you like to know more?See these Glossary articles for more information: Ten Minute Rule Bill, Private Members Bill, Process of a Bill
Supporters: Debbie Abrahams (Lab), Neil Gray (SNP), Alistair Carmichael (LD), Jim Shannon (DUP), Caroline Lucas (Green), David Drew (LAB), Albert Owen (Lab), Douglas Chapman (SNP), Liz Saville Roberts (PC), Jonathan Edwards (Ind), Ben Lake (PC)
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Next Event: There is no future stage currently scheduled for this bill
Last Event: Tuesday 16th October 2018 - 1st reading: House of Commons
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