A Bill to repeal the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011.
House of Commons
30 March 2015
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The Fixed-Term Parliaments (Repeal) Bill aims to scrap the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 and return to the pre-2011 system for calling elections. By repealing the Act, there would no longer be a fixed five-year election cycle, and elections would be governed by the traditional constitutional rules rather than a set calendar.
The bill is currently at the 2nd reading in the Commons, indicating it is in the early stages of passage through Parliament.
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19 Jan 2015
6 Mar 2015
This Bill was presented to Parliament on 19 January 2015. This is known as the first reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
This Bill began its second reading on a Friday 6 March 2015, but the debate was then adjourned.
The 2014-15 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
