15:23 GMT, Thursday, 14 August 2008 16:23 UK
Consolidation Bill
A consolidation bill is a measure which brings together - or consolidates - a number of acts that deal with the same subject in a single act of Parliament.
It will not, as a rule, seek to change significantly the policy represented by the original pieces of legislation.
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