What was the last Bill rejected by the Lords at second reading?
Bills are rarely rejected by the Lords at second reading as the second reading stage is mainly an opportunity to debate the Bill, whereas a vote to reject the Bill represents a direct challenge to the principle of the Bill. Government Bills included in the election manifesto are, by convention, not opposed at second reading in the Lords, but ‘reasoned’ amendments may be tabled as a means of indicating dissent and can be voted on. The most recent Public Bills rejected at second reading in the Lords: • Fraud (Trials without a Jury) Bill: rejected 20 March 2007 • Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill: rejected 12 May 2006 • Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No.
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