Draft affirmative Business step

1 January 1948 -

Instruments subject to the draft affirmative procedure are laid in draft and require approval in Parliament before being signed into law. Instruments concerning taxation are not laid in the Lords and only require the approval of the Commons. The Commons debates the instrument in a Delegated Legislation Committee or in the Commons Chamber, where a decision on approval is made. The Lords debates the instrument in Grand Committee or in the Lords Chamber, where a decision on approval is made.

There are 122 steps.

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Step	Actualisation count
Certified as England and Wales only under the English votes for English laws (EVEL) process (House of Commons)	40
Certified as England only under the English votes for English laws (EVEL) process (House of Commons)	84
Certified as England, Wales and Northern Ireland only under the English votes for English laws (EVEL) process (House of Commons)	0
Chamber debate (House of Commons)	185
Chamber debate (House of Lords)	606
Considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) (House of Commons and House of Lords)	1731
Considered by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) (House of Lords)	1782
Considered by the Select Committee on Statutory Instruments (SCSI) (House of Commons)	126
Considered for English votes for English laws (EVEL) certification (House of Commons)	768
Debate on motion that Standing Order 73 be dispensed with to enable motion to approve to be moved (House of Lords)	1
Decision on motion to approve the instrument deferred (House of Commons)	119
Deferred decision on motion to approve the instrument cancelled (House of Commons)	1
Delegated Legislation Committee (DLC) debate (House of Commons)	1623
Drawn to the special attention of the House by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) (House of Lords)	208
Drawn to the special attention of the House by the Select Committee on Statutory Instruments (SCSI) (House of Commons)	1
Drawn to the special attention of the Houses by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) (House of Commons and House of Lords)	28
Further information published by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) (House of Lords)	106
Grand Committee debate (House of Lords)	1119
Information paragraph provided by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) (House of Lords)	668
Instrument approved (House of Commons)	1796
Instrument approved (House of Lords)	1684
Instrument can be made (signed into law)	1788
Instrument cannot become law	143
Instrument comes into force as law	1745
Instrument created	1931
Instrument created requiring the Secretary of State under Sections 150(1) and 151A(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 to review certain benefits	14
Instrument created requiring the Secretary of State under Sections 172(1) and 174(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 to refer proposals to the Social Security Advisory Committee	1
Instrument created under the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020	3
Instrument created under the urgent procedure set out in Paragraph 14(6) of Schedule 8 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018	3
Instrument introducing one or more criminal offences under Schedule 7 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 created	16
Instrument made (signed into law)	1772
Instrument rejected (House of Commons)	0
Instrument rejected (House of Lords)	0
Instrument withdrawn from the House of Commons (House of Commons)	143
Instrument withdrawn from the House of Lords (House of Lords)	137
Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) draws the special attention of both Houses to the instrument on other grounds (House of Commons and House of Lords)	3
Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) draws the special attention of both Houses to the instrument on the grounds that it fails to comply with proper legislative practice (House of Commons and House of Lords)	6
Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) draws the special attention of both Houses to the instrument on the grounds that it is defectively drafted (House of Commons and House of Lords)	13
Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) draws the special attention of both Houses to the instrument on the grounds that it makes unusual or unexpected use of the enabling power (House of Commons and House of Lords)	7
Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) draws the special attention of both Houses to the instrument on the grounds that it requires elucidation (House of Commons and House of Lords)	10
Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) draws the special attention of both Houses to the instrument on the grounds that there is doubt as to whether they are intra vires (House of Commons and House of Lords)	4
Laid before the House of Commons (House of Commons)	1968
Laid before the House of Lords (House of Lords)	1839
Motion tabled that Standing Order 73 be dispensed with to enable motion to approve to be moved (House of Lords)	6
Motion that Standing Order 73 be dispensed with to enable motion to approve to be moved agreed to (House of Lords)	6
Motion that Standing Order 73 be dispensed with to enable motion to approve to be moved disagreed to (House of Lords)	0
Motion that Standing Order 73 be dispensed with to enable motion to approve to be moved lapsed at end of session (House of Lords)	0
Motion that Standing Order 73 be dispensed with to enable motion to approve to be moved not moved (House of Lords)	0
Motion that Standing Order 73 be dispensed with to enable motion to approve to be moved withdrawn (House of Lords)	0
Motion to approve the instrument lapsed at end of session (House of Commons)	152
Motion to approve the instrument lapsed at end of session (House of Lords)	41
Motion to approve the instrument not moved (House of Commons)	0
Motion to approve the instrument not moved (House of Lords)	0
Motion to approve the instrument tabled by the Government (House of Commons)	2098
Motion to approve the instrument tabled by the Government (House of Lords)	1764
Motion to approve the instrument withdrawn (House of Commons)	124
Motion to approve the instrument withdrawn (House of Lords)	27
Motion to consider the instrument withdrawn (House of Lords)	6
Motion to consider the instrument approved (House of Commons)	1617
Motion to consider the instrument approved (House of Lords)	1103
Motion to consider the instrument lapsed at end of session (House of Commons)	0
Motion to consider the instrument lapsed at the end of session (House of Lords)	0
Motion to consider the instrument not moved (House of Commons)	0
Motion to consider the instrument not moved (House of Lords)	0
Motion to consider the instrument rejected (House of Lords)	12
Motion to consider the instrument rejected (House of Commons)	0
Motion to consider the instrument tabled (House of Commons)	129
Motion to consider the instrument tabled (House of Lords)	112
Motion to consider the instrument withdrawn (House of Commons)	0
Motion to stop the instrument becoming law approved (House of Lords)	0
Motion to stop the instrument becoming law lapsed at end of session (House of Lords)	0
Motion to stop the instrument becoming law not moved (House of Lords)	0
Motion to stop the instrument becoming law rejected (House of Lords)	11
Motion to stop the instrument becoming law tabled (House of Lords)	16
Motion to stop the instrument becoming law withdrawn (House of Lords)	4
Motion to take note of the instrument tabled (House of Lords)	1
Motion to take note of the instrument withdrawn (House of Lords)	1
No comment by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) (House of Lords)	906
Non-fatal motion to object to the instrument approved (House of Lords)	19
Non-fatal motion to object to the instrument lapsed at end of session (House of Lords)	1
Non-fatal motion to object to the instrument not moved (House of Lords)	8
Non-fatal motion to object to the instrument rejected (House of Lords)	10
Non-fatal motion to object to the instrument tabled (House of Lords)	106
Non-fatal motion to object to the instrument withdrawn (House of Lords)	62
Not certified under the English votes for English laws (EVEL) process (House of Commons)	644
Not drawn to the special attention of the House by the Select Committee on Statutory Instruments (SCSI) (House of Commons)	125
Not drawn to the special attention of the Houses by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) (House of Commons and House of Lords)	1703
Oral evidence session by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) (House of Lords)	2
Procedure concluded in the House of Commons (House of Commons)	129
Procedure concluded in the House of Commons and the House of Lords (House of Commons and House of Lords)	1806
Question on motion that Standing Order 73 be dispensed with to enable motion to approve to be moved put (House of Lords)	6
Question on motion to approve the instrument put (House of Commons)	1797
Question on motion to approve the instrument put (House of Lords)	1685
Question on motion to stop the instrument becoming law put (House of Lords)	11
Question on non-fatal motion to object to the instrument put (House of Lords)	31
Question put on motion to consider the instrument (House of Commons)	1617
Question put on motion to consider the instrument (House of Lords)	1115
Quorum not met so the question was not decided and the debate adjourned in accordance with Standing Order 56 (House of Lords)	1
Report by the Government Actuary laid before the House of Commons (House of Commons)	16
Report by the Government Actuary laid before the House of Lords (House of Lords)	16
Report by the Government Actuary withdrawn from the House of Commons (House of Commons)	3
Report by the Government Actuary withdrawn from the House of Lords (House of Lords)	3
Report by the Social Security Advisory Committee and statement by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions laid before the House of Commons (House of Commons)	1
Report by the Social Security Advisory Committee and statement by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions laid before the House of Lords (House of Lords)	1
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) draws the special attention of the House to the instrument on other grounds (House of Lords)	0
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) draws the special attention of the House to the instrument on the grounds that it is politically or legally important or gives rise to issues of public policy likely to be of interest to the House (House of Lords)	183
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) draws the special attention of the House to the instrument on the grounds that it may be inappropriate in view of changed circumstances since the enactment of the parent Act (House of Lords)	0
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) draws the special attention of the House to the instrument on the grounds that it may imperfectly achieve its policy objectives (House of Lords)	2
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) draws the special attention of the House to the instrument on the grounds that the explanatory material laid in support provides insufficient information to gain a clear understanding about the instrument's policy objective and intended implementation (House of Lords)	21
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) draws the special attention of the House to the instrument on the grounds that there appear to be inadequacies in the consultation process which relates to the instrument (House of Lords)	7
Select Committee on Statutory Instruments (SCSI) draws the special attention of the House to the instrument on other grounds (House of Commons)	0
Select Committee on Statutory Instruments (SCSI) draws the special attention of the House to the instrument on the grounds that it fails to comply with proper legislative practice (House of Commons)	0
Select Committee on Statutory Instruments (SCSI) draws the special attention of the House to the instrument on the grounds that it is defectively drafted (House of Commons)	1
Select Committee on Statutory Instruments (SCSI) draws the special attention of the House to the instrument on the grounds that it makes unusual or unexpected use of the enabling power (House of Commons)	0
Select Committee on Statutory Instruments (SCSI) draws the special attention of the House to the instrument on the grounds that it requires elucidation (House of Commons)	0
Select Committee on Statutory Instruments (SCSI) draws the special attention of the House to the instrument on the grounds that there is doubt as to whether they are intra vires (House of Commons)	0
Statement deposited by the Government, declaring the introduction of one or more criminal offences under Schedule 7 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (House of Commons)	16
Statement deposited by the Government, declaring the introduction of one or more criminal offences under Schedule 7 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (House of Lords)	16
Written statement explaining why the Government decided to make the regulations without the consent of the devolved authorities (House of Commons)	2
Written statement explaining why the Government decided to make the regulations without the consent of the devolved authorities (House of Lords)	2
Written statement invoking the urgent procedure set out in Paragraph 14(6) of Schedule 8 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (House of Commons)	3
Written statement invoking the urgent procedure set out in Paragraph 14(6) of Schedule 8 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (House of Lords)	3

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https://id.parliament.uk/H5YJQsK2

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# We declare the Parliament and ID namespaces.
PREFIX : <https://id.parliament.uk/schema/>
PREFIX id: <https://id.parliament.uk/>

# We select the properties we want to appear in results. If all properties are required, an asterisk can be used between SELECT and WHERE instead of listing properties.
SELECT DISTINCT ?procedure ?procedureName ?stepType ?stepTypeLabel ?step ?stepName ?legislature ?legislatureName ?commonsId ?lordsId (COALESCE(?rawBiCount, 0) AS ?biCount) WHERE {

# We set the value of the procedure property.   
VALUES ?procedure { id:H5YJQsK2 }

# We specify that the procedure property is a procedure and look for its name.   
?procedure a :Procedure;
:name ?procedureName.

# We look for all procedure routes and the steps in those routes, including whether they are a From step or a To step. The pipe in line 17 is a SPARQL OR.  
?procedure :procedureHasProcedureRoute ?route.
?route :procedureRouteIsFromProcedureStep|:procedureRouteIsToProcedureStep ?step.

# We specify the procedure step must have a name, a step type and that the step type also has a name.   
?step :name ?stepName.
?step :procedureStepHasProcedureStepType ?stepType.
?stepType :name ?stepTypeLabel.

# We limit steps to being only of the type 'Business step'.
FILTER (?stepType in (id:Jwc6nqJi))

# We check to see if the step belongs to a legislature. A legislature will be Scottish Parliament, Senedd Cymru or the Northern Ireland Assembly.   
OPTIONAL {?step :procedureStepInLegislature ?legislature .
?legislature :name ?legislatureName .}

# We check to see if the step belongs to the House of Commons.     
OPTIONAL {?step :procedureStepHasHouse ?commonsId .
FILTER (?commonsId = id:1AFu55Hs)}

# We check to see if the step belongs to the House of Lords.   
OPTIONAL {?step :procedureStepHasHouse ?lordsId .
FILTER (?lordsId = id:WkUWUBMx)}

# We specify an optional subquery which calculates the number of distinct business items that actualise a steps from the procedure. We make it optional because not every step will be actualised in a business item.   
OPTIONAL {
SELECT ?step (COUNT(DISTINCT ?bi) AS ?rawBiCount)
WHERE {
# We find business items actualising the step. 
?step :procedureStepHasBusinessItem ?bi .

# We find the work package each business item belongs to.
?bi :businessItemHasWorkPackage ?wp.

# We specify that the work packages must have the procedure. 
?wp :workPackageHasProcedure id:H5YJQsK2.}

# We group the results by step.    
GROUP BY ?step}
}

# We order the results by step name. 
ORDER BY ?stepName