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#GetParliament

How to find pre and post-legislative Scrutiny on

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#GetParliament Pre-legislative scrutinyDraft Bill Pages

• All of the draft Bills before Parliament• There is a link to the Government Department

pages• Any reports from Parliament will be linked on

these pages

http://www.parliament.uk/business/bills-and-legislation/draft-bills/

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#GetParliament A-Z list of Select Committees• The A-Z list can be filtered to show only House of Lords, House of

Commons, Joint Committees or Other committees• There is also a list of former committees

http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/

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#GetParliament Homepage of Each Select Committee

• Each select committee looks after its own pages

• Publications includes reports along with oral and written evidence

http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/defence-committee/

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#GetParliament Written Ministerial Statements• On the day they will be on the website• After that they can be found in Hansard

http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statements/

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House of Commons Library• The House of Commons library briefings offer impartial analysis

and statistical datahttp://www.parliament.uk/commons-library • Legislation briefings are on the bills pages• Also a commons library blog for recent papershttp://commonslibraryblog.com/

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#GetParliament Link to the House of Commons Library Standard Notes

• Pre-legislative scrutiny under the Coalition Government http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/research/briefing-papers/SN05859/prelegislative-scrutiny-under-the-coalition-government • Post-legislative scrutinyhttp://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/research/briefing-papers/SN05232/postlegislative-scrutiny

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Where can I get information?

• Commons Enquiry Service020 7219 4272 hcenquiries@parliament.uk

• Lords Enquiry Service020 7219 3107 hlinfo@parliament.uk

• Parliament’s Outreach Service020 7219 1650

parliamentaryoutreach@parliament.uk • www.parliament.uk and @UKParliament

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Parliament Explained SeminarsSeminars last one hour and take place at the Houses of Parliament Westminster

• Parliamentary questions• Select committees• Primary legislation• Delegated legislation• Pre and post-legislative scrutiny• Parliament and European select committees• Debates and voting• Basic introduction to Parliament