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  • Financial resolutions

    Guidance on financial resolutions and their role in the legislative process.

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  • Money bills

    Guidance for members of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel (OPC) on the certification of bills as money bills.

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  • Assistant Parliamentary Counsel Recruitment

    The Office of the Parliamentary Counsel is recruiting talented lawyers! Please see below for further information, including how to apply.

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  • Innovation and continuity in law-making

    Richard Heaton gave the 2014 Sir William Dale Memorial Lecture on legislation and good law at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Learning from drafters at home and far away

    At OPC, we often collaborate with other legal drafters from all over the globe. Here we discuss working with colleagues from the U.K and commonwealth countries.

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  • Join the good law conversation

    The government has launched the ‘good law’ initiative to make legislation more accessible and understandable for UK citizens.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Parliament Week: Cabinet Office opens its doors

    For the first time, Cabinet Office is opening to the public as part of Parliament Week – a programme of events that aims to bring the democratic process closer to people.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Making the law easier for users: the role of statutes

    Richard Heaton gave a talk at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies on common law and statute law.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Improving explanatory notes for bills and acts: survey results

    The results of a survey on how government could improve explanatory notes for bills and acts.

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  • Parliament week 2014: Cabinet Office events

    Cabinet Office is participating in Parliament Week, a programme of events and activities that connect people with parliamentary democracy.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • First Parliamentary Counsel appointed: Elizabeth Gardiner

    Elizabeth Gardiner has been appointed as the First Parliamentary Counsel and new Permanent Secretary for the Government in Parliament Group.

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  • The Sentencing Code - guidance for drafters

    Guidance for members of the Office of Parliamentary Counsel and government drafters on the Sentencing Code.

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  • Parliament Act 1911 section 2: guidance

    Guidance for members of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel (OPC) on section 2 of the Parliament Act 1911.

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  • Elizabeth Gardiner to be appointed Honorary Queen’s Counsel

    Elizabeth Gardiner CB will be appointed Queen's Counsel in the 2020 apppointments.

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