Digital Economy Act 2017
Act of ParliamentThis bill passed all stages in both Houses and received Royal Assent.
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Long title
A Bill To make provision about electronic communications infrastructure and services; to provide for restricting access to online pornography; to make provision about protection of intellectual property in connection with electronic communications; to make provision about data-sharing; to make provision about functions of OFCOM in relation to the BBC; to provide for determination by the BBC of age-related TV licence fee concessions; to make provision about the regulation of direct marketing; to make other provision about OFCOM and its functions; and for connected purposes.
Progress through Parliament
- 1st reading· Commons
5 July 2016 – 5 July 2016
- 2nd reading· Commons
13 September 2016 – 13 September 2016
- Programme motion· Commons
13 September 2016 – 13 September 2016
- Ways and Means resolution· Commons
13 September 2016 – 13 September 2016
- Money resolution· Commons
13 September 2016 – 13 September 2016
- Committee stage· Commons
11 October 2016 – 1 November 2016
- Programme motion· Commons
18 October 2016 – 18 October 2016
- Programme motion· Commons
28 November 2016 – 28 November 2016
- Report stage· Commons
28 November 2016 – 28 November 2016
- Legislative Grand Committee· Commons
28 November 2016 – 28 November 2016
- 3rd reading· Commons
28 November 2016 – 28 November 2016
- 1st reading· Lords
29 November 2016 – 29 November 2016
- 2nd reading· Lords
13 December 2016 – 13 December 2016
- Committee stage· Lords
31 January 2017 – 8 February 2017
- Report stage· Lords
22 February 2017 – 29 March 2017
- 3rd reading· Lords
5 April 2017 – 5 April 2017
- Ways and Means resolution· Commons
26 April 2017 – 26 April 2017
- Consideration of Lords amendments· Commons
26 April 2017 – 26 April 2017
- Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons· Lords
27 April 2017 – 27 April 2017
- Royal Assent· Unassigned
27 April 2017 – 27 April 2017
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. Bill ID: 1859.