hybrid bill

noun

1. (in Parliament) a public bill to which the standing orders for private business apply; a bill having a general application as well as affecting certain private interests

Example Sentences

Ministers picked something unusual to make it happen: a hybrid bill, only the third of its kind enacted since 1992.

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Through public consultation and the hybrid bill, the design now features so many of them - along with noise barriers and cuttings, where track is laid below ground level - that on a 49-minute journey from London to Birmingham passengers will only have a view of the countryside for nine.

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In reality, the hybrid bill only offered "deemed planning permission" - HS2 say they have since needed to acquire more than 8,000 further permissions from councils and other agencies.

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One that could soon be voted on is a proposal to reclassify the legislation as a 'hybrid bill', which would require additional consultation with clubs.

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A hybrid bill is one that is deemed to target specific private interests - such as football clubs.

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