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
The bill gives the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), an international body consisting of legislatures from Commonwealth countries, formal legal status in the UK as a corporate entity. It also provides certain privileges and immunities for the CPA and its Secretary-General to support their official, international work and for related purposes.
The bill is at the First Reading stage in the House of Lords and has not yet moved to later stages.
Generated 21 February 2026
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.
