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Bill Number	0647	Session	1707
Title	For the encouragement of the exportation of corn out of this kingdom.
Variant Title(s)	For the encouraging the importation [sic] of corn. [8 Sept.]
Heads of Bill Stages
Originating Body		Commons
Leave or Order		2 Aug 1707	Leave or Order to	Mr Warburton	[6103]
Read & Committed		5 Aug 1707	Presented by	Mr Warburton	[6103]
Reported		11 Aug 1707	Reported by	Mr Warburton	[6103]
Sent to Chief Governor		11 Aug 1707
Privy Council Stages
Decision of the Irish Privy Council		Approved
Received & Referred to Law Officers		8 Sep 1707
Petition to English Privy Council		None
Decision of the English Privy Council		Approved
Engrossed		24 Sep 1707
Returned Bill Stages
House Presented		Commons
Presented		11 Oct 1707
Sent to Other House		21 Oct 1707
Royal Assent		30 Oct 1707
Statute Number		6 Anne c.18
[+] Further Details
Privy Council Notes: Title appears as 'An act for the encouraging the importation [sic] of corn' on 8 Sept. Extant Copies: B.L., Add. MS 61633, f. 190. George Dodington to [Sunderland], 14 Aug. 1707. Parliament adjourned. Sends list of bills which have passed both houses and will soon be sent to England. Recommends public bills, 'believing them to be consistent with the dependence of this kingdom on the crown of Great Britain. And if in anything they differ from the laws and customs of England, it is in cases that require a peculiar remedy and proper for the circumstances of this country...'. B.L., Add. MS 61633, f. 191. List of bills passed the house of commons and house of lords in 1707 session. This bill is no. 15 in the list. Subjects: [710] Economy - Agricultural 'production' - Corn [760] Economy - External Trade - Import, export regulations Committee: Committee of the Whole House