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Latest news on the Act of Union Bill [HL] 2017-19

First reading took place on 9 October. This stage is a formality that signals the start of the Bill's journey through the Lords.

The 2017-2019 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.

Summary of the Act of Union Bill [HL] 2017-19

A Bill to provide a renewed constitutional form for the peoples of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, to continue to join together to form the United Kingdom, to affirm that the peoples of those nations and parts have chosen, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this Act, to continue to pool their sovereignty for specified purposes, and to protect social and economic rights for citizens