Made affirmative Business step

1 January 1948 -

Instruments subject to the made affirmative procedure are signed into law before being laid in Parliament but require approval from Parliament within a specified period. There are different types of made affirmative SIs: the most common type of made affirmative SI comes into force before it is approved (and can come into force before it is laid) but cannot remain in force unless it is approved by Parliament within a specified period. Another rarer type of made affirmative SI is laid after being made but cannot come into force unless the instrument is approved by Parliament. The relevant procedure and the length of the approval period is defined in the parent Act.

There are 128 steps.

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Step	Actualisation count
Approval period ends	299
Approval period for instrument under paragraph 5(3) of Schedule 7 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988 ends	6
Certified as England and Wales only under the English votes for English laws (EVEL) process (House of Commons)	4
Certified as England only under the English votes for English laws (EVEL) process (House of Commons)	37
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)	75
Chamber debate (House of Lords)	142
Commencement Order made (signed into law) triggering approval period	16
Communication declaring the instrument had come into operation before being laid before Parliament (House of Commons)	40
Communication declaring the instrument had come into operation before being laid before Parliament (House of Lords)	40
Considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) (House of Commons and House of Lords)	281
Considered by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) (House of Lords)	289
Considered by the Select Committee on Statutory Instruments (SCSI) (House of Commons)	32
Considered for English votes for English laws (EVEL) certification (House of Commons)	121
Deadline for local authority budgets	3
Debate on motion that Standing Order 73 be dispensed with to enable motion to approve to be moved (House of Lords)	3
Decision on motion to approve the Local Government Finance Report (England) deferred (House of Commons)	0
Decision on motion to approve the instrument deferred (House of Commons)	17
Delegated Legislation Committee (DLC) debate (House of Commons)	211
Drawn to the special attention of the House by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) (House of Lords)	32
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)	38
Further information published by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) (House of Lords)	13
Grand Committee debate (House of Lords)	115
Information paragraph provided by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) (House of Lords)	190
Instrument approved (House of Commons)	278
Instrument approved (House of Lords)	248
Instrument comes into force as law	289
Instrument created	299
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	0
Instrument created under Section 55(3) in conjunction with Section 56(5) of the Sanctions and Anti-money Laundering Act 2018	16
Instrument created under paragraph 5(3) of Schedule 7 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988	6
Instrument created under section 25 of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996	1
Instrument created under the urgent procedure set out in Paragraph 14(6) of Schedule 8 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018	0
Instrument introducing one or more criminal offences under Schedule 7 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 created	1
Instrument lapsed	28
Instrument made (signed into law)	300
Instrument rejected (House of Commons)	0
Instrument rejected (House of Lords)	0
Instrument remains law	271
Instrument replaced by revoking instrument	6
Instrument revoked by another instrument	22
Instrument stops being law	50
Instrument under Section 55(3) in conjunction with Section 56(5) of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 made (signed into law)	16
Instrument under paragraph 5(3) of Schedule 7 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988 made (signed into law)	6
Instrument under section 25 of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 made (signed into law)	1
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)	4
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)	28
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)	4
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)	11
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)	3
Laid before the House of Commons (House of Commons)	323
Laid before the House of Lords (House of Lords)	289
Local Government Finance Report (England) approved (House of Commons)	6
Local Government Finance Report (England) rejected (House of Commons)	0
Motion tabled that Standing Order 73 be dispensed with to enable motion to approve to be moved (House of Lords)	26
Motion that Standing Order 73 be dispensed with to enable motion to approve to be moved agreed to (House of Lords)	26
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)	24
Motion to approve the instrument lapsed at end of session (House of Lords)	18
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)	331
Motion to approve the instrument tabled by the Government (House of Lords)	280
Motion to approve the instrument withdrawn (House of Commons)	23
Motion to approve the instrument withdrawn (House of Lords)	14
Motion to consider the instrument withdrawn (House of Lords)	0
Motion to consider the instrument approved (House of Commons)	208
Motion to consider the instrument approved (House of Lords)	114
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 Commons)	0
Motion to consider the instrument rejected (House of Lords)	0
Motion to consider the instrument tabled (House of Commons)	9
Motion to consider the instrument tabled (House of Lords)	4
Motion to consider the instrument withdrawn (House of Commons)	0
Motion to stop the instrument being law approved (House of Lords)	0
Motion to stop the instrument being law lapsed at end of session (House of Lords)	0
Motion to stop the instrument being law not moved (House of Lords)	1
Motion to stop the instrument being law rejected (House of Lords)	6
Motion to stop the instrument being law tabled (House of Lords)	12
Motion to stop the instrument being law withdrawn (House of Lords)	4
No comment by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) (House of Lords)	67
Non-fatal motion to object to the instrument approved (House of Lords)	2
Non-fatal motion to object to the instrument lapsed at end of session (House of Lords)	0
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)	2
Non-fatal motion to object to the instrument tabled (House of Lords)	23
Non-fatal motion to object to the instrument withdrawn (House of Lords)	10
Not certified under the English votes for English laws (EVEL) process (House of Commons)	80
Not drawn to the special attention of the House by the Select Committee on Statutory Instruments (SCSI) (House of Commons)	31
Not drawn to the special attention of the Houses by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) (House of Commons and House of Lords)	243
Oral evidence session by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) (House of Lords)	0
Procedure concluded in the House of Commons (House of Commons)	32
Procedure concluded in the House of Commons and the House of Lords (House of Commons and House of Lords)	288
Question on motion that Standing Order 73 be dispensed with to enable motion to approve to be moved put (House of Lords)	26
Question on motion to approve the Local Government Finance Report (England) put (House of Commons)	6
Question on motion to approve the instrument put (House of Commons)	279
Question on motion to approve the instrument put (House of Lords)	247
Question on motion to stop the instrument being law put (House of Lords)	6
Question on non-fatal motion to object to the instrument put (House of Lords)	4
Question put on motion to consider the instrument (House of Commons)	208
Question put on motion to consider the instrument (House of Lords)	114
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)	0
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)	0
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)	29
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)	0
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)	2
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)	1
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)	1
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)	0
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 by the Chair that there can be no further debate on the instrument (House of Commons)	1
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)	1
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)	1
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)	0
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)	0

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https://id.parliament.uk/iWugpxMn

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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:iWugpxMn }

# 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:iWugpxMn.}

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

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