House of Commons
12 May 2016
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The Defence Expenditure (NATO Target) Bill would require the UK government to ensure defence spending meets NATO’s target for member states. It originated in the House of Commons and has reached the second reading stage, with the first reading in June 2015 and the second in October 2015. At present, the bill remains at the second reading stage in the Commons.
The bill is currently at the 2nd reading in the House of Commons (as of 2015-10-23); no further stages are detailed in the provided information.
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24 Jun 2015
23 Oct 2015
The 2015-16 session of Parliament has ended and this Bill will make no further progress.
This Bill was debated on Friday 23 October 2015 but the question ‘that the Bill be given a second reading’ was not decided as fewer than forty MPs took part in the division.
The Bill was presented to Parliament through the ballot procedure on 24 June 2015. This is known as the first reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
