Series
Office of the Parliamentary Counsel: Dropped Parliamentary Bills: Files
Catalogue reference: AM 4
What's it about?
AM 4
This series contains files mainly concerning Bills which were considered, drafted or even went through some Parliamentary stages, but were then 'dropped' i.e. they did not complete their passage through Parliament to become Acts. A few files...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- AM 4
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Title (The name of the record)
- Office of the Parliamentary Counsel: Dropped Parliamentary Bills: Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1853-1948
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files mainly concerning Bills which were considered, drafted or even went through some Parliamentary stages, but were then 'dropped' i.e. they did not complete their passage through Parliament to become Acts.
A few files concern other types of legislation (Regulations, Orders, etc.) which were likewise 'dropped' at some stage.
The surviving files may not be the entire collection of measures that did not complete Parliamentary passage.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Office of the Parliamentary Counsel to the Treasury, 1869-1969
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 267 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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in 2014 Cabinet Office, Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- OPC has retained all these records since inception (see Lord Chancellor's Instrument No.76)
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13374016/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: AM
Records of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
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Office of the Parliamentary Counsel: Dropped Parliamentary Bills: Files