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EnactedUniversal Credit Act 2025

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    • Memorandum from the Department for Work and Pensions to the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee - 11 June 2025no file
  2. Bill introduced in the Commons by
    1st reading in the Commons
    • Bill 267 2024-25 (as introduced)no file
    • Bill 267 2024-25 (as introduced) - large printno file
    • Bill 267 2024-25 (as introduced) - xml downloadno file
    • Bill 267 EN 2024-25no file
    • Bill 267 EN 2024-25 - large printno file
    • Universal Credit Rebalancing from the Department for Work and Pensions - May 2025no file
    • The Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Change to Personal Independence Payment eligibility requirement from the Department for Work and Pensions - June 2025no file
    • Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill 2024-25no file
  4. 2nd reading in the Commons
    Programme motion in the Commons
    Money resolution in the Commons
    Division in the Commons
    Division #248and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading
    Ayes 335Noes 260
    • Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill 2024-25: Progress of the billno file
    • The Universal Credit Bill: Universal Credit Rebalancing Impact Assessment 7 July 2025no file
    • Information for Members in advance of proceedings on Wednesday 9 July 2025 provided by the Public Bill Officeno file
    • Information for Members in advance of proceedings on Wednesday 9 July 2025 provided by the Public Bill Office - large printno file
  7. 20 amendments tabled at Committee of the whole House in the Commons
    3 Negatived on division3 Agreed2 No decision2 Not selected10 Not called
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    Committee of the whole House in the Commons
    3rd reading in the Commons
    Division in the Commons
    Division #265and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading
    Ayes 336Noes 242
  8. 1st reading in the LordsView in Hansard ↗

    Formal stage — recorded in Hansard.

    New bill textAs brought from the Commons
    • Letter from Baroness Sherlock to all Peers regarding the introduction of the Bill. Including annexes: A: Clause by clause explainer and B: Further information on the wider reforms.no file
    • Universal Credit Bill: HL Bill 123 of 2024–25no file
    • 30th Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committeeno file
  12. 2nd reading, Committee negatived, 3rd reading in the LordsView in Hansard ↗
    24 speakers · 30 speeches
    Baroness SherlockBaroness Bennett of Manor CastleLord Davies of BrixtonBaroness Anderson of Stoke-on-TrentBaroness AndrewsBaroness BrintonBaroness BrowningBaroness Bryan of PartickBaroness Grey-ThompsonBaroness Lister of BurtersettBaroness Ritchie of DownpatrickBaroness Scott of Needham MarketBaroness Shawcross-WolfsonBaroness Smith of Llanfaes+10
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  13. King Charles IIIKing Charles III grants Royal Assent, and merges this bill into law

    Act publishedUniversal Credit Act 2025c. 22View on legislation.gov.uk ↗