A bill to toughen the securities laws is expected to pass Parliament in the next few weeks.

An oil law that could help ease sectarian tensions was approved by the cabinet last month but has yet to pass Parliament.

However, supporters labelled this a stunt, as there was no guarantee the bill would pass Parliament.

The bill passed Parliament in this amended form.

The electoral Reform Bill did not pass Parliament that year.

The proposal passed Parliament on 22 March 2011.

Once bills have passed Parliament, they are submitted to the King for royal assent within fifteen days.

It passed Parliament at the height of economic despair late last year, defying early predictions that it could never win official backing.

The new, rewritten bills are expected to pass Parliament as early as mid-October.

In Hungary, hardline Communists began a tough attack against the new law just before it passed Parliament.