Budget Responsibility Act 2024
The Budget Responsibility Act 2024 has received Royal Assent and is now an Act of Parliament.
- Royal Assent
- Rachel Reeves
- 18 July 2024
- 11 November 2024
What the bill does
A Bill to impose duties on the Treasury and the Office for Budget Responsibility in respect of the announcement of fiscally significant measures.
Progress through Parliament
- 1st reading18 JUL 2024 · COMMONS
- 2nd reading30 JUL 2024 · COMMONS
- Programme motion30 JUL 2024 · COMMONS
- Money resolution30 JUL 2024 · COMMONS
- Committee of the whole House4 SEP 2024 · COMMONS
- 3rd reading4 SEP 2024 · COMMONS
- Committee negatived9 SEP 2024 · LORDS
- Royal Assent (current stage)10 SEP 2024 · UNASSIGNED
- Committee stage
- Report stage
What Royal Assent means, and what happens next
The bill has received Royal Assent and is now an Act of Parliament.
Its provisions come into force on the date the Act specifies, which may be immediately, on a set date, or when a minister makes a commencement order.
Read the full guide to this stage: What happens at Royal Assent
Official bill page on parliament.uk
Questions about the Budget Responsibility Act 2024
- What stage is the Budget Responsibility Act 2024 at?
- The Budget Responsibility Act 2024 has received Royal Assent and is now an Act of Parliament.
- Has the Budget Responsibility Act 2024 become law?
- Yes. The Budget Responsibility Act 2024 has received Royal Assent and is now an Act of Parliament.
- Who sponsored the Budget Responsibility Act 2024?
- The Budget Responsibility Act 2024 was sponsored by Rachel Reeves.
- When was the Budget Responsibility Act 2024 introduced?
- It was introduced to Parliament on 18 July 2024, at first reading.
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