require Her Majesty's Government formally to recognise the Armenian genocide of 1915–23; and for connected purposes.
The Recognition of Armenian Genocide Bill was a Ten Minute Rule Bill tabled by Tim Loughton.
Is this Bill currently before Parliament?No. This Bill is not under active consideration by Parliament, as it was introduced during the previous 2021-22 Session.
Whose idea is this Bill?As a Private Members' Bill, this Bill represents the individual initiative of an MP (Tim Loughton), 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: Iain Duncan Smith (Con), Lord Spellar (Lab), Chris Law (SNP), Christine Jardine (LD), James Gray (Con), Jim Shannon (DUP), Andrew Rosindell (Con), Rupa Huq (Lab), Wera Hobhouse (LD), Alan Brown (SNP), Chris Stephens (SNP)
Next Event: There is no future stage currently scheduled for this bill
Last Event: Friday 6th May 2022 - 2nd reading (Commons)
Bill Progession through Parliament