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Bill · started in the Commons

Schools Bill

A Bill to enable schools to select pupils on the basis of published criteria; to allow schools to determine maximum class sizes; to remove restrictions on the expansion of the number of pupils in schools and on the creation of new schools; and for connected purposes.

In progress Current stage: 2nd reading (Commons)

The story so farThe Schools Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 5 September 2017 by Mr Christopher Chope (Conservative). It is now at second reading in the House of Commons. Second reading is the first debate on the overall principle of the bill; if the bill clears it, detailed committee scrutiny follows.

Progress through Parliament

  1. 1st reading Commons 5 Sep 2017
  2. 2nd reading Commons 23 Nov 2018

Source: the official bill page. Last updated 15 Mar 2019.