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Fact Sheet 13

Tracking Legislation on the Internet

Checking Assembly Records

Summary

Different documents record the agenda for the Assembly and Council, report the day’s proceedings, and reflect the progress of bills.

Records

1

Notice paper.  This daily document sets out the agenda for the Assembly, and lists business in progress and due for debate. The order business is listed in is a useful guide, but can be changed on the day:

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business is listed under the headings ‘Government Business’ and ‘General Business’, with ‘Notices of Motion’ and ‘Orders of the Day’ shown separately under each.

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government bills which have been introduced and are due for further consideration are under ‘Government Business’ ‘Orders of the Day’.

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bills due to be considered at later dates are under ‘Business listed for future days’.

 

Link to Notice Paper

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Minutes. You can also find the Votes and Proceedings, which record the minutes of the Assembly and they give a full picture of decisions made on a particular day.

Link to Votes and Proceedings And see Fact Sheet 35: Votes and Proceedings

3 Assembly Abridged. An easy to read summary of each sitting day.

Link to Assembly Abridged

 

4 Bills status list.  This records all bills before Parliament at the end of each sitting day, giving an overview of the progress on bills.

Link to Bills Status List

5 Status report.  To track the progress of a particular bill, use the individual bill’s online status report.

Link to Bills  (select relevant bill)

6 Archives.  Parliamentary documents from 1996 are available.

Link to Archive index

 

 

 

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