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Co-operative Capital Bill [HL]
Co-operative Capital Bill [HL] has completed 1st reading on 22 Jul 2026 in the House of Lords. Parliament currently lists 2nd reading as its current stage.
Current position
- Latest completed stage
- 1st reading22 Jul 2026
- Current stage
- 2nd reading
- House
- House of Lords
- Bill type
- Private Members' Bill (Starting in the House of Lords)
- Last updated
- 23 Jul 2026
- Proposer / sponsor
- Lord John of Southwark Proposer / sponsor · Labour · House of Lords
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View Parliamentary CalendarWhat this bill is about
The Co-operative Capital Bill [HL] is a Private Members’ Bill that would seek to amend the law for co-operative and community benefit societies so they can issue a new additional class of co-operative share capital. It also refers to giving consequential rights to members, limiting the voting rights of certain members who hold those shares, and allowing such societies to be maintained without being converted into a company.
What it would do
- Would seek to allow co-operative and community benefit societies to use a new additional class of co-operative share capital.
- Would provide consequential rights for members of those societies.
- Would seek to restrict voting rights for certain members who hold the relevant shares.
- Would seek to permit such societies to be maintained against conversion into a company.
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1st reading 22 Jul 2026 · House of Lords
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