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report stage

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report stage
n
(Law / Parliamentary Procedure) the stage preceding the third reading in the passage of a bill through Parliament, at which the bill, as amended in committee, is reported back to the chamber considering it
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report stage
n the bill has reached the report stage (Brit Parl) → der Gesetzentwurf kommt nach seiner Beratung im Ausschuss zur Berichterstattung wieder vors Parlament


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The controversial measure is contained in the Health Bill, the report stage of which was debated by MPs in the Commons last night.
The call for a debate comes at a time where the Government are modernising the law on assisted suicide through the Coroners and Justice Bill, which will go through the report stage later this month.
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