Representation of the People Act 1985 Work packages before Parliament

1985 c. 50. An Act of Parliament gaining Royal Assent on 16 July 1985.

Read the enabling legislation at legislation.gov.uk.

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Enabling legislation identifier

https://id.parliament.uk/xyh6s2gZ

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An enabling legislation

Count of current work packages for enabling legislation with ID xyh6s2gZ

# 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.
# We count the number of distinct work packages for an item of enabling legislation, excluding work packages that have business items with steps in the 'Procedure concluded' collection.
SELECT (COUNT(DISTINCT ?workPackage) AS ?count) WHERE {

# We find all enabling legislation and their names.
  ?act a :ActOfParliament;
  :actOfParliamentName ?name.

# We specify that the enabling legislation may, or may not, have a number, year, royal assent date and URL.
  OPTIONAL {
    ?act :actOfParliamentNumber ?number
  }
  OPTIONAL {
    ?act :actOfParliamentYear ?year
  }
  OPTIONAL{  
    ?act :actOfParliamentRoyalAssentDate ?date
  }
  OPTIONAL {
    ?act :actOfParliamentUrl ?url
  }

# We filter the results to only include enabling legislation with ID xyh6s2gZ.  
  FILTER ( ?act IN ( id:xyh6s2gZ ) )

# We find all work packaged things of the enabling legislation and their names, and the work packages of the work packaged things.
  ?act :enabling ?workPackagedThing. 
  ?workPackagedThing :name ?workPackagedThingName. 
  ?workPackagedThing :workPackagedThingHasWorkPackage ?workPackage.

# We find the making available business item, if there is one, of the work packages and it's date.
  OPTIONAL {
    ?workPackage :workPackageHasBusinessItem ?businessItem .
    ?businessItem :businessItemHasProcedureStep ?step;
    :businessItemDate ?businessItemDate.
    filter (?step in (id:isWn7s3K, id:cspzmb6w, id:ITNO9JWr, id:otscOTzB))
  }

# We find the procedure of the work packages and the procedure names.   
  ?workPackage :workPackageHasProcedure ?procedure.
  ?procedure :name ?procedureName.

# We find the calculation style of the work packages and the calculation style names, if there is one.
  OPTIONAL {
    ?workPackage :workPackageHasCalculationStyle ?calculationStyle. 
    ?calculationStyle :name ?calculationStyleName. 
  }

# We exclude work packages that have business items with steps in the 'Procedure concluded' collection.
  # This limits results to work packages that are currently before Parliament.
  MINUS { 
    ?workPackage   :workPackageHasBusinessItem ?bi2.
    ?bi2 :businessItemHasProcedureStep ?stepId2.
    ?stepId2 :procedureStepHasProcedureStepCollectionMembership/:procedureStepCollectionMembershipHasProcedureStepCollection id:TRohjSuI
  }
}

Current work packages for enabling legislation with ID xyh6s2gZ for pagination

# 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.
# We use DISTINCT to ensure that each work package is only returned once, even if it has multiple business items.
SELECT distinct ?workPackage ?workPackagedThing ?workPackagedThingName ?combinedDate ?procedure ?procedureName ?calculationStyle ?calculationStyleName (BOUND(?stepId3) AS ?hasCommitteeConcernsFlag)   
(BOUND(?stepId4) AS ?hasMotionTabledFlag)  WHERE {

# We find all enabling legislation and their names.  
  ?act a :ActOfParliament.
  ?act :actOfParliamentName ?name.
  
  # We specify that the enabling legislation may, or may not, have a number, year, royal assent date and URL.
  OPTIONAL {
    ?act :actOfParliamentNumber ?number
  }
  OPTIONAL {
    ?act :actOfParliamentYear ?year
  }
  OPTIONAL {  
    ?act :actOfParliamentRoyalAssentDate ?date
  }
  OPTIONAL {
    ?act :actOfParliamentUrl ?url
  }

# We filter the results to only include enabling legislation with ID xyh6s2gZ.
  FILTER ( ?act IN ( id:xyh6s2gZ ) )
  
  # We find all work packaged things of the enabling legislation and their names, and the work packages of the work packaged things.
  ?act :enabling ?workPackagedThing. 
  ?workPackagedThing :name ?workPackagedThingName;
  :workPackagedThingHasWorkPackage ?workPackage.

# We find the making available business item, if there is one, of the work packages and it's date.
  OPTIONAL {   
    ?workPackage :workPackageHasBusinessItem ?businessItem .
    ?businessItem :businessItemHasProcedureStep ?step;
    :businessItemDate ?businessItemDate.
    # We filter business items that actualise steps set out as making available steps such as 'Laid before the House of Commons'.
    FILTER ( ?step IN ( id:isWn7s3K, id:cspzmb6w, id:ITNO9JWr, id:otscOTzB ) ) 
  }

# Some work packages have one or more available business items in one work package, one being earlier than the other.
  # We find the earliest available business item, if there is one, of the work packages and it's date.
  OPTIONAL {    
    ?workPackage :workPackageHasBusinessItem ?businessItem2 .
    ?businessItem2 :businessItemHasProcedureStep ?step2;
    :businessItemDate ?businessItemDate2.
    # We filter business items that actualise the 'Brought to the attention of Parliament' step which may be the earliest available business item of a work package in the treaties procedure.
    FILTER ( ?step2 IN ( id:AmYrFxwO ) ) 
  }

# We find the procedure of the work packages and the procedure name.
  ?workPackage :workPackageHasProcedure ?procedure.
  ?procedure :name ?procedureName.

# We find the calculation style of the work packages and the calculation style name, if there is one.
  OPTIONAL {
    ?workPackage :workPackageHasCalculationStyle ?calculationStyle. 
    ?calculationStyle :name ?calculationStyleName. 
  }
  
  # We exclude work packages that have business items with steps in the 'Procedure concluded' collection.
  # This limits results to work packages that are currently before Parliament.
  MINUS { 
    ?workPackage   :workPackageHasBusinessItem ?bi2.
    ?bi2 :businessItemHasProcedureStep ?stepId2.
    ?stepId2 :procedureStepHasProcedureStepCollectionMembership/:procedureStepCollectionMembershipHasProcedureStepCollection id:TRohjSuI
  }

# We check to see if the work package has a business item with a step in the 'Committee concerns' collection.
  OPTIONAL {
    ?workPackage :workPackageHasBusinessItem ?bi3 .
    ?bi3 :businessItemHasProcedureStep ?stepId3 .
    ?stepId3 :procedureStepHasProcedureStepCollectionMembership/
    :procedureStepCollectionMembershipHasProcedureStepCollection id:7CBVQcZF
  }
  
  # We check to see if the work package has a business item with a step in the 'Motions tabled' collection.
  OPTIONAL {
    ?workPackage :workPackageHasBusinessItem ?bi4 .
    ?bi4 :businessItemHasProcedureStep ?stepId4 .
    ?stepId4 :procedureStepHasProcedureStepCollectionMembership/
    :procedureStepCollectionMembershipHasProcedureStepCollection id:l3g2umNB
  }
  
  # We combine the two business item dates into one date for ordering purposes.
  BIND(COALESCE(?businessItemDate, ?businessItemDate2) AS ?combinedDate)

}

# We order the results by the combined business item date in descending order, so that the most recent work packages appear first.
ORDER BY DESC(?combinedDate)

# We limit the number of results returned and we offset the results returned by a specified number.    
LIMIT 20 OFFSET 0

Representation of the People Act 1985 Work packages before Parliament

Northern Ireland Elections (Combined Polls 2027) Regulations 2026

Enabling legislation identifier

An enabling legislation

Count of current work packages for enabling legislation with ID xyh6s2gZ

Current work packages for enabling legislation with ID xyh6s2gZ for pagination