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Citizens' Initiative (Legislation) Bill

In progress Current stage: 2nd reading (Commons)

The story so farThe Citizens' Initiative (Legislation) Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 30 April 2008 by Mr Douglas Carswell (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.

What the bill does

The Bill would 'permit members of the public to initiate legislation'. A citizen would submit a written proposal for legislation to the Clerk in the Table Office in Parliament. Once a proposal had had been approved by the Table Office, citizens would have 12 months to collect signatures. After this period, the six proposals with the most signatures would be presented to Parliament during the State Opening. Every few months, the Commons would debate and vote on one of these Bills.

Progress through Parliament

  1. 1st reading Commons 30 Apr 2008
  2. 2nd reading Commons Current

Source: the official bill page. Last updated 16 Oct 2008.