Skip to main content
Service phase: Beta

This is a new way to search our records, which we're still working on. Alternatively you can search our existing catalogue, Discovery.

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

Reference

AM 4

Title
Office of the Parliamentary Counsel: Dropped Parliamentary Bills: Files
Date

1853-1948

Description

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.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
Office of the Parliamentary Counsel to the Treasury, 1869-1969
Physical description

267 file(s)

Access conditions

Open

Immediate source of acquisition

in 2014 Cabinet Office, Office of the Parliamentary Counsel

Custodial history

OPC has retained all these records since inception (see Lord Chancellor's Instrument No.76)

Accruals

Series is accruing

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13374016/

Catalogue hierarchy

Over 27 million records

This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

1,483 records

Within the department: AM

Records of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel

You are currently looking at the series: AM 4

Office of the Parliamentary Counsel: Dropped Parliamentary Bills: Files