Bill · started in the Commons
Public Bodies (Disposal of Assets) Bill
A Bill to make provision to require certain public bodies to dispose of unused or under-used assets by public auctions; and for connected purposes.
In progress
Current stage: 2nd reading (Commons)
The story so farThe Public Bodies (Disposal of Assets) Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 5 July 2010 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.
What the bill does
The Bill would require central government Departments, executive agencies, non-Departmental public bodies, NHS bodies and public corporations to make an annual declaration of any of their tangible fixed assets that were unused on 1 January each year and the length of time those assets had been out of use. They would then be required to offer for sale at public auction any tangible fixed assets that had been out of use for more than one year.
Progress through Parliament
- 1st reading Commons 5 Jul 2010
- 2nd reading Commons Current
Source: the official bill page. Last updated 1 May 2012.