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The Lord Chancellor, with their humble duty to Your Majesty, submits for Your Majesty's signature, if you shall so please, a Commission for giving Royal Assent to certain Bills and a Measure the titles of which are herewith enclosed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Sgd.) &lt;em&gt;Alex Chalk&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;House of Commons, &lt;!-- Divider --&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Shark Fins Act 2023&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Co-operatives, Mutuals and Friendly Societies Act 2023&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Child Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) Act 2023&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Offenders (Day of Release from Detention) Act 2023&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;British Nationality (Regularisation of Past Practice) Act 2023&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Financial Services and Markets Act 2023&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:line-through;text-decoration-color:#FF0000;"&gt; National Security Act 2023 &lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Diocesan Stipends Funds (Amendment) Measure 2023&lt;/p&gt;
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            <text>There is a pair of penciled Xs on either side of the King's approval.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This submission refers to a "Commission" even though, strictly speaking, that term only applies when the Monarch empowers a group of Privy Counsellors to declare Royal Assent on their behalf in the House of Lords. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This instrument using the gender-neutral pronoun "they" instead of a gendered pronoun when referring to the Lord Chancellor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The words "House of Commons" appear below Chalk's signature even though "Lord Chancellor" appears on other submissions (including other Royal Assent-related submissions).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At one time, these submissions included a definite article before "Royal Assent" (e.g., &lt;a href="https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/287"&gt;this example from 1919&lt;/a&gt;), but it must have been dropped at some point since it no longer appears in modern versions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The National Security Act 2023 has been struck out in red pen in the list of legislation since it presumably didn't finish its parliamentary journey in time.</text>
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              <text>Alex Chalk's formal request that King Charles III sign a Commission for giving Royal Assent to several Bills and a Church of England Measure.</text>
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              <text>Submission is undated, but these pieces of legislation received Royal Assent on &lt;a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2023-06-29/debates/D2B46F8C-D94B-434D-9717-97640C808BA4/Debate"&gt;June 29, 2023&lt;/a&gt;.</text>
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              <text>&lt;a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1967/23/section/1"&gt;Royal Assent Act 1967&lt;/a&gt;</text>
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