hybrid bill

English

Noun

hybrid bill (plural hybrid bills)

1. (government, UK) A parliamentary bill that combines the characteristics of a private bill and a public bill.
   • 2019 October, Dan Harvey, “HS2 costs rise as schedule slips”, in Modern Railways, page 9:

     'Similarly, I intend to continue to progress the next stages of the hybrid bill for Phase 2a, West Midlands to Crewe, in the House of Lords while the review is ongoing'.

References

• “hybrid bill”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• "hybrid bills" in the UK Parliament.