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Bill · started in the Lords

Humanitarian Assistance (Genocide Victims) Bill [HL]

In progress Current stage: 2nd reading (Lords)

The story so farThe Humanitarian Assistance (Genocide Victims) Bill was introduced in the House of Lords on 8 June 2016 by Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne (Liberal Democrat). It is now at second reading in the House of Lords. Second reading is the first debate on the overall principle of the bill; if the bill clears it, detailed committee scrutiny follows.

What the bill does

A Bill to make provision for the Secretary of State to have regard to acts of genocide in determining the allocation of international humanitarian assistance.

Progress through Parliament

  1. 1st reading Lords 8 Jun 2016
  2. 2nd reading Lords Current

Source: the official bill page. Last updated 2 May 2017.