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Process and logic for auto-generating the Lords Running List

Filtering which amendments to include in the list:

Amendments will appear in the Running List if:

• they were recorded as having been “tabled” up to the specified cut-off date/time of the amendment list, and

• they haven’t already got an outcome recorded against them e.g. Withdrawn before debate, Agreed to etc..

Sorting the amendments

They will be sorted in the order they appear in the bill or by the Order of Consideration, if there is one (see Sorting logic used by Lords amendment lists for more information on sort logic).

Amendments to amendments will be sorted by the page/line information or the amendment number they are linked to. This information is automatically captured by parsing the italic amendment note on amendments to amendments when saving.

Populating the list

As part of populating the list with amendments, interstitial headings are automatically inserted before each amendment group e.g. “Clause 2”; “After Schedule 2” etc.

Black stars will be added next to any amendments which have not previously been published on a list.

If there is an order of consideration, it will be included in the header of the list.