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The Constitutional Convention Bill was a bill introduced in the British House of Commons by Graham Allen MP on 22 July 2015 and never went past the first reading.[1] The bill was also introduced in the House of Lords by Lord Purvis of Tweed and reached committee stage.[2]

  1. ^ "Constitutional Convention (No. 2) Bill 2015-16 — UK Parliament". services.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
  2. ^ "Constitutional Convention Bill [HL] 2015-16 — UK Parliament". services.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2017-01-29.

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