Explanatory notes for bills: new format
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Detail of outcome
The Office of the Parliamentary Counsel has summarised responses to the consultation and has published its response.
Original consultation
Consultation description
Working with colleagues from the Cabinet Office, Parliament and the Legislation team at the National Archives, the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel has helped to develop a proposed new format for explanatory notes. The new format aims to make them accessible in a user friendly form across multiple platforms.
If you have any comments or suggestions on the new format, please email good.law@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible (and by 31 January 2015 at the latest).
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Updates to this page
Last updated 15 May 2015 + show all updates
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Government response to the consultation added.
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Added new format explanatory notes for the Lords Spiritual (Women) Bill.
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First published.