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Test Case

Expected outcome

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1

As an OPC user, setup a test Bill project

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Login to Lawmaker as an OPC user

From the Dashboard, click Create

Select UK Public Bill > Government Bill

Create some sections and Schedules in the Bill, using the Editor

Save and close the Editor

(Alternatively, on the Project Tab, from the Document Actions menu, import a UK PGA from Legislation.gov.uk )

Able to create a UKPGA Bill project

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As an OPC user, create a Traditional List of Draft Amendments (LoDA) for House of Lords amendments

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Login to Lawmaker as an OPC user

Open the UK Bill project

On the Amendment Workspace tab, click New

In the modal, pick Traditional type of amendment list

Bill version: "as introduced" version

House: "House of Lords"

Stage: “Committee”

Specify an unique List name and select a Proposer

Click Create

The Editor will be opened containing the draft list of amendments template

And the Bill name will appear at the top of the template

And the stage will match what I specified

And the proposer will match what I specified

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As an OPC user, create some amendments in the LoDA

Create at least three amendments, so you can test other features (like ‘bulk update status’) in later steps.

Make sure your amendments are explicitly referring to clauses and schedules - this will allow you to test the Order of Consideration later.

Examples of the formatting and phrasing of Lords amendments can be found in this PDF: Digital Markets Bill: Lords amendment list

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With the LoDA open in the Editor, click inside the first 'Instruction' placeholder

Press Enter and select an amendment from the Content Completion Assistant

Repeat the preceding step to create the following types of amendments:

- leave out clause or leave out schedule

- new clause

- new schedule

- page-line

- stand part motion

- amendment to amendment

Save and close the Editor

A new amendment appears in the Editor

And there are custom placeholders for Page-line, New Clause, New Schedule, and Stand part amendments

And the proposer is the same as the proposer of the previous amendment

And an entry appears in the Structure view

And when I click save, D numbers will be assigned to all my amendments

And the Dnumber assignment shows the user's organisation abbreviation, followed by a number that increases sequentially by 1 and has no leading zeros e.g. OPC1, OPC2

The amendments are also visible in the table on the Amendment Manager tab

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Share the Bill with the House of Lords

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From the Project Tab, click the Actions menu next to the working version of the Bill

Click Share

In the modal, select House of Lords from the drop-down

Click Share

Able to share the Bill using the Share action

Able to select House of Lords in the modal

Able to view the Bill project as a House of Lords user (necessary for the next step of this script)

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Login as a House of Lords user and create a published ‘As Introduced’ version of the bill

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Login to Lawmaker as a House of Lords user

From the Dashboard, navigate to the Bill project

From the Actions menu next to the significant version created in the previous step, select Duplicate; in the modal, create a new folder and give the duplicate a name, e.g. ‘bill as introduced’

Update the Document Information of the newly created working version (either from the Editor, or from the Actions menu next to your version on the Project Tab): change the Version rubric to ‘As Introduced’; ensure Printed by is set to the Lords

Generate a PDF of this version; ensure ‘Line Numbering’ is ticked in the Generate PDF modal

On the Project Tab, expand the snapshots below your version and click the Actions menu next to the PDF snapshot version; select Publish

A significant version is created

On The top-left drop-down filter on the ‘Amendment Workspace’ and ‘Amendment' Manager' tabs the top-left drop-down filter shows an ‘As Introduced’ version

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Login as an OPC user and check that the amendments you drafted earlier are still visible on the Amendment Manager tab

Amendments are still visible on the Amendment Manager tab

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Turn on/off line numbering for amendments

Turn on/off line number on amendments (including ping pong motions)

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With the LoDA open in the Editor

Right-click on an amendment

Select Update line number status

Choose either ‘No line numbers’ or ‘Add line numbers’

Generate a PDF by clicking Document > Generate PDF

For amendments where ‘add line numbers’ has been selected: line numbers appear every five lines

For amendments where ‘no line numbers’ has been selected: no line numbers appear

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Change the Proposer of a Lords amendment and add supporters

Managing proposers and supporters

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With the LoDA open in the Editor

Click on the Proposer name above an amendment in the main editor window

In the Manage Proposers and Supporters modal which appears, use the Proposers and Supporters fields to add members names to the amendment

Click Update to confirm your selection

Able to bring up the Manage Proposers and Supporters modal

Able to search for and select names in both fields

On clicking Update, chosen names appear in the main Editor window above the relevant amendment

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Generate PDF of Lords amendment LoDA with D-Numbers

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With the LoDA open in the Editor

Click Document

Select Generate PDF

In the Generate PDF modal, select ‘Show D-numbers’

PDF is generated and opens in a new tab

PDF shows the D-numbers of all the amendments

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As an OPC user, Submit Lords amendments from the LoDA

Submitting amendments

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Open the LoDA in the Editor

Open the ‘Document Information’ panel on the right-hand side

Click Submit List

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After saving and closing the LoDA, go to the Amendment Manager tab

Select one or more of the amendments there

From the Amendment Actions menu, select Submit amendments

Warning modal appears asking you to confirm that you want to submit the amendments

Modal contains the option to ‘mark amendments as government amendments'

On confirming, a progress bar appears

After submission completes, the ‘Amendment information’ panel shows the Status as ‘Submitted’ for all amendments in the list

If you are submitting from the Amendment Manager tab, a green success toastie should appear if the amendments were submitted successfully

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As a HoL user, view submitted Lords amendments in ephemeral list

Opening amendments in the Editor (creating temporary lists)

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Login to Lawmaker as a House of Lord user

Open the Bill project

On the Amendment Manager tab, tick the checkbox next to the OPC-submitted amendments

From the Amendment Actions menu, select Create temporary list

Editor opens, showing the selected amendments

The amendments are editable

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Table and Reject amendments from the ephemeral list

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With the temporary list open in the Editor

Click within the text of one of the amendments

Expand the Amendment Status panel on the right-hand side

Click the ‘Tabled’ or ‘Rejected’ button

Save the list

Able to view the ‘Tabled' and ‘Rejected’ buttons

Able to click either button

On clicking, the editor locks and a loading spinner briefly displays

On saving, the ‘Status’ shown in the Amendment Status panel shows either Tabled or Rejected

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Bulk update the other amendments' statuses

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With the temporary list open in the Editor

Expand the Amendment Status panel on the right-hand side

Click the Bulk update statuses button

In the Update Amendment Statuses modal, in the ‘Amendments to update’ dropdown, select those amendments which you did not update in the previous step; select ‘Submitted to Tabled’ in the ‘Status transition’ dropdown

Click Update

Save the list

After clicking Update, Editor briefly locks and loading spinner appears

Green success toastie appears in the top-right of the screen

After saving, the status of the amendments (in the Amendment Information panel) is now 'Tabled'

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Update Lifecycle Event for one of the amendments

Undoing an amendment status/managing lifecycle events

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Click within the text of one of the amendments which was Tabled

Expand the Amendment Status panel

Click Manage lifecycle events

Use the delete button to remove the ‘Tabled’ event

Click Update

The status of the selected amendment (in the Amendment Information panel) changes to ‘Submitted’

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Create Lords Daily Sheet

Generating a Lords Daily Sheet (incl. unnumbered supplementary sheets)

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On the Amendment Manager tab, click the Amendment Actions menu and select Create Official List

In the Create amendment list modal, select ‘Lords Daily Sheet’ from the ‘Amendment list’ dropdown

In the Bill Version tab, there should be only one option (the published Bill version)

In the Stage/Committee dropdown, select ‘in Committee of the Whole House’

Select today’s date as the cut-off date, and a time slightly in the future for the cut-off time

Pick any name for the list

Click Create

A Lords daily sheet will open in the Editor containing all the tabled amendments

The amendments will not be numbered

Amendments will be sorted according to the Lord's sort order; refer to the Manual for guidance: Sorting logic used by Lords amendment lists

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Move an amendment on a Lords Daily Sheet using the Structure View

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Drag an amendment into a new location using the Structure View on the left-hand side of the Editor window

Editor is updated showing the amendment in the new location

Structure view also updates

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Create an Order of Consideration for Lords amendments

Creating an Order of Consideration

To test this functionality, some of the amendments you created in earlier steps must refer to numbered clauses and schedules.

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From the Amendment manager tab click on Order of Consideration button

Change the Order so that you can manipulate it such that amendments appear before others e.g.

Schedule 1

Clause(s) 1-2

Click Save

Generate another Lords Daily Sheet

Able to add and amend the Order of Consideration using the modal

In the generated Daily Sheet, the amendments are sorted according to the OoC

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Sort amendments by Order of Consideration on the 'Amendment Manager' tab

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Click the OoC Sort button on the Location column

Amendments are sorted in the list according to the OoC

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Update Daily Sheet Document Information 

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From the Official Lists tab, open the Official List you created earlier in the Editor

Expand the Document Information panel

Populate the four fields here with information, for example:

List Number: III

Version: revised

Session: [this will be pre-populated based on the Bill’s session]

Year: [this will be pre-populated based on the Bill’s year]

Click the Save button

From the Document menu, Generate a PDF

Able to edit values in the panel

In the PDF, the List Number and Version appear in the footer

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Generate PDF of Lords Daily Sheet from the Official Lists tab

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From the Official Lists tab, click the Actions menu next to your Official List and select Generate PDF

Ensure ‘Record snapshot version’ is ticked

PDF version generated

Green success toastie appears on the List tab

When you expand the snapshot versions under your list, there is a snapshot version labelled ‘PDF’

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Publish Lords Daily Sheet

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From the Official Lists tab, click the Actions menu next to the PDF snapshot you generated

Select Publish

In the modal, click Publish

Publish version modal appears

After confirming, a new significant version is created on the right-hand side

Significant version’s label will be the version label of your list, prepended with the word ‘Published’

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Create Second Daily sheet with newly tabled amendments in it

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On the Amendment Workspace tab, create a new LoDA; ensure Stage is set to ‘Committee’

Create one or two new amendments

Save the list

Expand the Amendment Status panel

Click Bulk update statuses

In the modal, select all amendments and choose to update from ‘Draft to Submitted’

Click Update and then Save the list

Expand the Amendment Status panel again

Click Bulk update statuses

In the modal, select all amendments and choose to update from ‘Submitted to Tabled’

Click Update and then Save the list

Close the Editor and return to the Official Lists tab

Click Create and in the modal select ‘Lords Daily Sheet'; set Stage to ‘Committee of the Whole House’; set the cut-off date to today’s date and use a time slightly in the future for the cut-off time

Click Create

A Lords Daily Sheet opens in the Editor

The list contains only the amendments that weren't in the previous published list (i.e. just your new amendments)

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Lords Daily sheet cut-off time test

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From On the Official List tabClick Create and in the modal select ‘Lords Daily Sheet'; set Stage to ‘Committee Amendment Workspace tab, create a new LoDA; ensure Stage is set to ‘Committee’

Create one or two new amendments

Save the list

Expand the Amendment Status panel

Click Bulk update statuses

In the modal, select all amendments and choose to update from ‘Draft to Submitted’

Click Update and then Save the list

Expand the Amendment Status panel again

Click Bulk update statuses

In the modal, select all amendments and choose to update from ‘Submitted to Tabled’

Click Update and then Save the list

Close the Editor and return to the Official Lists tab

Click Create and in the modal select ‘Lords Daily Sheet'; set Stage to ‘Committee of the Whole House’; set the cut-off date to today’s date and use a time in the past for the cut-off time (i.e. before you Tabled the amendments created in the previous stepsteps)

Click Create

A Lords Daily Sheet opens in the Editor

The list does not contain the new amendments (because they were tabled after the cut-off time.

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Add a note to Lords amendment

Inserting an amendment note

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Open one of the LoDAs created in the previous steps

Right-click in the text of one of the amendments

Select Insert Amendment Note

A placeholder note appears above the amendment

Able to type text into the placeholder

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Use filters on Amendment Manager tab

Filtering amendments

Able to use the Quick Filter to filter on Amendment Status

Able to use the main filter to filter on:

  • LoDA name

  • Dnum

  • Location

  • Member

  • Status

  • Comment text

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Generate and publish a Lords Running List

Generating a Lords Running List

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From the Official Lists tab

Click Create and in the modal select ‘Lords Running List; set Stage to ‘Committee of the Whole House’; set the cut-off date to today’s date and use a time slightly in the future for the cut-off time

In the Editor, from the Document menu, select Generate PDF and generate a PDF of the list

Close the Editor

On the Official Lists tab, expand the list of snapshots below your new Running List

Click the Actions menu next to the PDF entry

Select Publish

Editor opens showing the Running List

Running List contains all amendments tabled so far (up until the cut-off date and time)

Order of Consideration is listed in two columns on the first page

After selecting ‘Publish’ from the Actions menu, the publish version modal appears

After confirming, a new significant version is created on the right-hand side

Significant version’s label will be the version label of your list, prepended with the word ‘Published’

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Create amendments to amendments in a new LoDA (to test the parsing of amendment text)

[Commons and Lords] Amendments to amendments

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On the Amendment Workspace tab, create a new LoDA; ensure Stage is set to ‘Committee’

In the Editor, press Enter to bring up the CCA and select Amendment to Amendment

Use the following example text to populate the placeholders:

(in the italic note) As an amendment to the amendment in the name of Lord Purvis of Tweed to Clause 5, page 2, line 33, printed on sheet HL Bill 128(a)
(in the instruction text) In subsection (6B) at end insert—

Create another amendment-to-amendment and populate with the following example text:

(in the italic note) As an amendment to the amendment in the name of Lord Purvis of Tweed to Schedule 3, page 112, line 33, printed on sheet HL Bill 128(a)
(in the instruction text) In schedule sub-paragraph (6B) at end insert "this is it"

Create a third amendment-to-amendment and populate with the following example text:

(in the italic note) As an amendment to amendment 2
(in the instruction text) In subsection (6B) at end insert "go for it"

Save the list

From the Amendment Information panel in the Editor, use the Bulk update statuses button to Submit and then Table the amendments

Able to create amendments to amendments

After saving, the Amendment Information panel shows the following ‘Provision’ attribute for each amendment:

  • first amendment: sec_5

  • second amendment: sch_3

  • third amendment amnd_2

Page and line numbers are also populated for the first two amendments

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Create a Lords Marshalled List

Generating a Lords Marshalled List

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Update star status

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Update star status

Inserting/removing an Amendment Star

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With the Marshalled List open in the Editor

Right-click the text of an amendment and select Update star status

The system will present the Update amendment star dialogue box

Select which star you want and click Update

The system will update the amendment accordingly

Able to update star status from the modal

Updated stars display in the Editor

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Generate PDF of Lords Marshalled List

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Publish Lords Marshalled List

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Recording outcomes (use Next/Previous buttons)

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Create another Daily Sheet (now a supplementary sheet)

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Create a Manuscript Amendment List

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Generate PDF of Manuscript List

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Publish Manuscript List

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Test CCA for all Lords Amendment ListsManuscript List

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Applying amendments (& resolving cross references)

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3938

Prepare Bill "As Brought From Lords"

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OPC create LoDA for HoC amendments

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Create amendment cross references

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OPC creates HoC amendment

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Amend proposer and add supporters in Commons amendment

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Generate PDF of Commons amendment LoDA with D Numbers

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Set amendments to 'On hold'

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OPC Submit Commons amendments (incl. flag & comment test)

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HoC open submitted amendments in Ephemeral List

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Save ephemeral list as LoDA

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Copy and paste amendments in LoDA

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5049

Bulk Table Amendments

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Bulk 'Ready for published' amendments

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Duplicate a LoDA

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Renumber amendments

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5453

Create Commons Marshalled List (incl. Update List)

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Resolve x-refs

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Update sort codes

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5756

Insert resolutions and motions and convert resolution to order

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Create order of consideration for Commons amendments

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5958

Re-run 'Update List' in Commons Marshalled List

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PDF Commons Marshalled list

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Publish Commons Marshalled List

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Duplicate last published Commons Marhsalled List

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Re-run 'Update List' (having created more amendments & use white star)

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Share Marshalled List with OPC

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Recording outcomes (use Next/Previous buttons)

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Generate a Commons Proceedings Document

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Generate PDF of Commons Proceedings Document

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6867

Publish Commons Proceedings Document

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Create another Commons Marshalled List

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Applying amendments (& resolving cross references)

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Re-open auto-save version on refresh

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