单词 | committee stage |
释义 | > as lemmascommittee stage committee stage n. originally and chiefly British Parliament (in a legislative assembly) the stage in the passage of a bill at which it is examined in detail, debated, and amended by a committee; also figurative.In the British Parliament, a bill enters the committee stage after the second reading and before the report stage. ΚΠ 1805 Parl. Deb. 1st ser. 5 249 The Loyalty Loan.., and the Irish Militia bills, went through the committee stages, and were ordered to be reported to-morrow. 1890 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 13 Jan. 2/5 The most perceptible progress in the work of legislation in Congress is still shown in the committee stage. 1976 M. Frayn Alphabet. Order ii. 47 Leslie. I told her we were thinking of getting married. John. Oh. Yes, well, it's still as it were at the committee stage. 2010 Home Affairs Comm.: National DNA Database: 8th Rep. I. i. 3 in Parl. Papers 2009–10 (H.C. 222-I) At the time of writing, this Bill has completed its Committee stage and is about to come back to the House of Commons for the Report stage. < as lemmas |
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