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This version was released on [x] 12 December 2022.

New features and improvements

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• Amendment manager tab - a number of different improvements have been made here: the layout of the table of amendments has been modified so the columns are better sized according to their content; the filter button, enabling you to filter the amendments, by member, location etc. has been moved above the table to make it more prominent ( see Filtering amendments); the message shown when you have a temporary list open has been clarified; the table of amendments will no longer automatically refresh so long as you stay on the tab so you can rely on its content remaining static; and a separate refresh button has been added so you can manually trigger a refresh of the table when it suit you.

• Preview and comment on amendments - Individual amendments can be quickly previewed from the Amendment Manager tab without opening the Editor. You can add or edit a comment on the amendment at the same time including adding a “quick comment”, a short phrase or sequence of letters, that you use repeatedly (e.g. to indicate approval). See Preview and comment on amendments.

• Bulk update of proposers and supporters - the proposer and supporters on all or some amendments in an amendment list (whether draft or official) can be updated in a single action from the Editor. See Bulk update of proposers and supporters.

• Copy amendments between stages - Selected amendments in the Amendment Manager Tab can now be copied from one stage to another, including being copied to ping pong. See Moving or copying amendments to a different stage (including ping pong motions).

• Confirmation that amendments have been auto-applied - when you apply amendments to a Bill version, the message confirming the action is complete now specifies how many of the amendments were applied rather than just reporting successful completion. See Auto-application of amendments to a Bill version.

• Sorting Commons amendments by topic - Using the Order of Consideration, you can add headings to generated marshalled lists and proceedings and select which amendments are grouped under each heading. See Creating an Order of Consideration.

• Legend in Lords Daily sheet - you can now add a legend to the preface of a Lords Daily sheet.

• Title of Scottish Parliament Marshalled Lists - when a marshalled list is generated at stage Stage 3, the title is adjusted automatically to match the standard title used“Marshalled List of Amendments selected for Stage 3”.

SI/SSIs

• Procedural rubrics for made affirmative and emergency procedure - the rubrics automatically inserted when you create an SI/SSI or change its procedure have been updated to the approved forms. See Selecting the procedure applying to an SI/SSI.

• Placement of signature block in PDF - the orphan control on the signature block has been removed to allow the text of the SI/SSI to flow more naturally. (Manual page breaks can still be inserted if a different pagination is required.)

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• User manual and support portal links - the new user manual and support portal can now be accessed from the menu that appears at the top right of the screen and shows your username.

• Page titles - we’ve updated page titles across the system to use “Lawmaker” rather than “Legislative drafting, amending and publishing programme” and made some other tweaks to make the titles more consistent and accessible.

• System health checks - some additional automated checks are now active in relation to the Editor and the PDF generation component. (You can check on overall system health here: Lawmaker health check .)

List of support issues fixed