Proposals for Members’ Bills
A member seeking to introduce a Member’s Bill must first lodge a draft proposal, together with a consultation document (or a statement of reasons why consultation is not considered necessary). Subsequently, the member may lodge a final proposal, in broadly similar terms to the draft, accompanied by a summary of consultation responses (or the statement of reasons). The member secures the right to introduce a Bill to give effect to the proposal if the final proposal secures, within one month, the support of at least 18 other members from at least half the political parties or groups represented in the Parliamentary Bureau, and provided no indication is given that the Scottish Government or UK Government is planning equivalent legislation.
All current proposals (together with associated documents) are available on the Scottish Parliament website at Proposals for Members’ Bills / Session 4 Proposals:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/Bills/29731.aspx
New or Reprinted Draft Proposal
Rhoda Grant: Proposed Criminalisation of the Purchase of Sex (Scotland) Bill (2)—Proposal for a Bill to make it an offence to purchase sex (lodged 11 September 2012).
A consultation document, lodged with the proposal, may be viewed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) or on the website page referred to above. The consultation period runs from 11 September to 14 December 2012.
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