Courts and Tribunals Bill — Selection of amendments: Commons: Chair’s selection and grouping of amendments for debate in Committee - 28 April 2026

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Courts and Tribunals Bill
Chair’s selection and grouping of amendments for
debate in Committee
Tuesday 28 April 2026
Chairs: Sir John Hayes and Rupa Huq
Clerks: Rob Cope, Francis Morse and Dominic Stockbridge
About this paper
This paper shows —
● which amendments the Chair has selected for debate and how those amendments
have been grouped for debate;
● which amendments have been withdrawn or not selected for debate; and
● which amendments were debated during an earlier sitting of the Committee (if
applicable).
Please note that the Chair can change their decision at any time.
Each numbered group in this document is a potential debate. The purpose of grouping is
to reduce repetition of subject matter between debates.
The text of the clauses and schedules can be found in the Bill. The text of the
amendments can be found in the latest amendment paper.
Bills and amendment papers are available in this Bill’s area on Parliament website, at
https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/4083/publications. Printed copies are available from Vote
Office outlets on the parliamentary estate.
Decisions on amendments and clauses follow the order in which they come in the Bill.
Amendments are arranged on the amendment paper to reflect that. This may not be the
same order in which they are debated.

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Decisions on new clauses are usually taken after decisions on existing clauses and
schedules, even though they may be grouped for debate at an earlier stage.
Further information about selection and grouping is available to everyone at
https://www.parliament.uk/about/how/committees/general/selection-and-grouping/. People
within Parliament can also read the Public Bill Office’s guidance for Public Bill Committee
members: search for ‘Public Bill Office’ on ParliNet.
Selection and grouping
New clauses
Group 39: NC1 [K Johnson]
Group 40: NC2 [Nichols] + NC6 [Lib Dem] + NC23 [Lib Dem] + NC25 [Opp]
Group 41: NC3 [Lib Dem] + NC4 [Lib Dem] + NC5 [Lib Dem] + NC13 [Lib
Dem] + NC17 [Lib Dem] + NC22 [Lib Dem] + NC32 [K
Johnson] + NC33 [K Johnson] + 15 [Lib Dem] + 59 [Opp] +
35 [Opp] + 36 [Opp]
Group 42: NC7 [Lib Dem]
Group 43: NC8 [Lib Dem] + NC9 [Lib Dem] + NC10 [Lib Dem] + NC30 [Lib
Dem]
Group 44: NC11 [Lib Dem] + NC27 [A Hussain] + 16 [Lib Dem] + 60 [A
Hussain]
Group 45: NC12 [Lib Dem]
Group 46: NC18 [Lib Dem] + NC24 [Opp]
Group 47: NC21 [Eccles]
Group 48: NC26 [Opp]
Group 49: NC35 [Lib Dem]

Final provisions (Clauses 21 to 27)
Group 49: Clause 21 stand part + Clause 22 stand part + Clause 23 stand
part + Clause 24 stand part + Clause 25 stand part + Clause
26 stand part + Clause 27 stand part

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Amendments withdrawn or not selected
Withdrawn: 27, NC14
Not selected: 1 to 9, 20, NC15, NC19, NC34
Amendments debated at an earlier sitting
NC16 [Lib Dem] - debated with Amendment 14 (group 35)
NC20 [Lib Dem] - debated with Amendment 14 (group 35)
NC28 [Berry] - debated with Clause 15 stand part (group 33)
NC29 [Hamilton] - debated with Clause 3 stand part (group 10)
NC31 [Hume] - debated with Amendment 14 (group 35)
Amendment 37 [Opp] - debated with Clause 7 stand part (group 23)
Amendment 58 [Opp] - debated with Amendment 52 (group 18)
Notes
Proceedings must finish by 5.00 pm on Tuesday 28 April.
Amendments/new clauses tabled by a Member not on the Committee are listed in this
paper, but will only be called if a Member of the Committee indicates that they wish to
move them.
Clause/schedule stand part debates will take place unless the Chair believes that the
principle of the clause/schedule and any matters arising have been adequately discussed
in the course of debate on amendments to the clause/schedule (Standing Order No. 68).
Groupings for later parts of the Bill (and/or for new clauses and new schedules) will be
published in advance of consideration at later sittings of this Bill Committee.