A Bill to provide for corporate status of and for certain privileges and immunities to be accorded to the international inter-parliamentary organisation of national and sub-national legislatures of Commonwealth countries known as the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and to its Secretary-General; and for connected purposes
House of Lords
28 April 2022
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This bill would give the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) a legal corporate status in the UK and grant certain privileges and immunities to the CPA and its Secretary-General. It’s meant to help the CPA operate more effectively as an international inter-parliamentary body linking Commonwealth legislatures, with powers to deal with related administrative matters.
The bill is at the first stage of passage in the Lords. It would need to move through further stages in the Lords and then through the Commons before becoming law.
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13 Jan 2022
First reading took place on 13 January. This stage is a formality that signals the start of the Bill's journey through the Lords.
Second reading - the general debate on all aspects of the Bill - is yet to be scheduled.
The 2021-2022 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
