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Act of Parliament

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Act of Parliament

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Care and Support Statutory Guidance, Annex J (Glossary)

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If the House of Commons and the House of Lords agree proposals for a new law (called a Bill), and it then receives Royal Assent from the monarch, it becomes an Act of Parliament.

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