A Bill to empower the Secretary of State to abolish National Park Authorities; and for connected purposes.
This Bill would give the Secretary of State the power to abolish National Park Authorities. It also covers related changes needed to implement abolition, with the specific details to be laid out in the Bill’s clauses. The aim is to rewrite how National Parks are governed through abolition and connected provisions.
The bill is currently at the 2nd reading in the House of Commons. If it advances, it would move through subsequent stages (Committee, Report, and Third Reading) and then go to the House of Lords for consideration.
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The sponsoring member nominated 3 February 2012 for the second reading. As the House did not sit on this day it was not debated.
This Bill was presented to Parliament on 5 July 2010. This is known as the first reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
This Bill is a Private Member’s Bill. These are often not printed until close to the second reading debate. If the text is not yet available here and you wish to know more about this bill please contact its sponsor, Mr Christopher Chope.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
