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From the Dashboard, click Create

Select UK Public Bill > Government Bill

Create some sections and Schedules in the Bill, using the Editor; include some real text and full sentences in those sections and schedule paragraphs so you can test the application of amendments later in the script

Save and close the Editor

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

With the LoDA open in the Editor

Click Document

Select Generate PDF

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

Open the LoDA in the Editor

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

Click Submit List

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Click the OoC Sort button on the Location column

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

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

Ensure ‘Record snapshot version’ is ticked

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

Select Publish

In the modal, click Publish

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

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 in the past for the cut-off time (i.e. before you Tabled the amendments created in the previous steps)

Click Create

Open one of the LoDAs created in the previous steps

Right-click in the text of one of the amendments

Select Insert Amendment Note

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

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

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

On the Official Lists tab, from the Actions menu next to your Marshalled List, select Generate PDF and generate a PDF of the list; ensure ‘Record snapshot version’ is ticked

Expand the list of snapshots below your Marshalled List

Click the Actions menu next to the PDF entry

Select Publish

From the Amendment Manager tab, open a temporary list of all Tabled amendments

In the Editor, expand the Amendment Status pane on the right

Record outcomes against the amendments using the Next/Previous buttons and the Tabled/Rejected buttons

On the Amendment Workspace tab, create a new Traditional LoDA

Draft a simple amendment and save the list

Submit the list

Table the amendment; save and close the Editor

From the Amendment Manager tab, select the amendment you just drafted

Open the Amendment Actions menu and select ‘Create Official List’

In the modal, pick ‘Lords Manuscript List’ as the list type and Create the list

On the Official Lists tab, from the Actions menu next to your Manuscript List, select Generate PDF and generate a PDF of the list; ensure ‘Record snapshot version’ is ticked

Expand the list of snapshots below your Marshalled List

Click the Actions menu next to the PDF entry

Select Publish

Open a Daily, Marshalled, or Manuscript list in the Editor

Use the CCA (by pressing Enter with your caret in the relevant place in the list) to do the following:

Insert a paragraph in the title on the front and back cover

Insert interstitial headings between amendments

To test this, it is best to create some realistic amendments which refer to the text in your As Introduced version. Examples of the format and wording of Lords amendments can be found here: HL Bill 12(g) (parliament.uk)

1. From the Project Tab, open the published PDF of the ‘As Introduced’ working version of the bill and make sure there are some sections and sub-sections with text in them.

2. Create a new LoDA from the Amendment Workspace tab and draft two or three amendments referring to specific words, lines, and page numbers in the As Introduced PDF.

3. Save the LoDA

4. With the LoDA still open in the Editor, use the ‘Bulk update Statuses’ button to Submit, Table, and then mark all the amendments in the list as 'Agreed to'.

5. Close the Editor

6. From the Amendment Manager tab, select the amendments you just created and marked as Agreed to

7. From the Amendment Actions menu, select ‘Apply amendments’

8. In the modal, choose to ‘Create new Bill version’; create a new folder and add a Version description; click Create

To test this, you will need to draft an amendment which refers to a section of your bill version

Refer to this part of the manual to insert references to the bill within a drafted amendment: https://lawmaker.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/USERMANUAL/pages/688776/Cross-references+x-refs#Inserting-and-updating-cross-references-between-documents-within-Lawmaker

Follow previous steps to apply the amendments to your new bill version then use the Update x-refs function in the Editor to update the reference

From the Project tab, update Document information on the new working version containing the amendments

Update the Version rubric to ‘As amended in Committee’

Generate a PDF of this version; ensure ‘Line numbering’ is ticked

Publish the PDF snapshot

From the Project tab, duplicate the last published version of your Bill and label it ‘Commons copy’ or a similar title

Generate another PDF, this time make sure the option ‘Generate as House Bill’ is ticked

Share the working version with the House of Commons

Login as a HoC user, duplicate this shared copy

Update the Document Information for this version:

>Update Version rubric to 'As Brought From the Lords'

>Update the ‘Brought from date’

>Under ‘Printed by’ pick the House of Commons

Open the version in the Editor

Re-insert the Front and Back covers

Generate a PDF of this version; ensure ‘Record snapshot’ is ticked

Close the Editor

From the Project tab, click the Actions menu next to the PDF snapshot version you just created and select Publish

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 brought from the Lords" version

House: "House of Commons"

Stage: “Committee”

Specify an unique List name and select a Proposer

Click Create

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