 In October 2017 UCL's council voted to apply for university status while remaining part of the University of London.UCL's application to become a university is subject to Parliament passing a bill to amend the statutes of the University of London, which is, as of July 2018, held up by procedural issues in the House of Commons.The bill received royal assent on 20 December 2018, allowing UCL's application for university status to proceed.