Motion to approve the instrument tabled by the Government
Ministers table motions to approve affirmative instruments in both the House of Commons and House of Lords. Instruments cannot be debated without the motion being tabled.
This can happen some time after laying and should be added to a workpackage at the point the Lords Whips have scheduled a debate and said debate appears on the Order Paper for a specified day. We should capture this when looking for future debates. The first sign will be when a debate appears in the Whips weekly forthcoming business document. This is the approval motions in the Lords.
LBP individual link (will appear on a Thursday)
Date tabled. This is not the same as date of notice (aka appearance in LBP). Date tabled will be date of notice -1, Tuesday to Thursday. When date of notice falls on Monday, it will be the previous Friday irrespective of whether the previous Friday was non-sitting day. Where Date of Notice is first day back following a recess: date tabled tbc