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Latest Parliament Bills

Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill

A Bill to make provision enabling the Secretary of State in certain circumstances to make regulations relating to the transfer of securities issued by, or property, rights and liabilities of, a steel undertaking; and for connected purposes.

Sporting Events Bill [HL]

A Bill to make provision for enabling a common set of legislative provisions to be applied to major sporting events held in the United Kingdom; to confer power to provide financial assistance in relation to sporting events held in England, Scotland or Northern Ireland; and for connected purposes.

Commercial Payments Bill [HL]

A bill to make provision about payment terms in commercial contracts; to make provision about interest on late payment of commercial debts; to ban retention clauses in the construction sector; to expand the powers of the Small Business Commissioner in relation to payment disputes and poor payment practices; to amend the Enterprise Act 2016 in connection with other functions of the Small Business Commissioner; and for connected purposes.

Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]

A Bill to make provision about the regulation of financial services and markets; and for connected purposes.

Representation of the People Bill

A Bill to make provision extending the right to vote to 16 and 17 year olds; to make provision about the registration of voters; to make provision about the administration and conduct of elections, referendums and recall petitions; to make provision about election agents’ addresses; to make provision about political expenditure and political donations; to make provision about information to be included in electronic campaigning material; to make provision about offences and civil sanctions in connection with elections, referendums and recall petitions and with donations and expenditure for political purposes; to make provision about the disclosure of information by the Electoral Commission; to make provision about the disqualification of offenders for holding elective offices, and their sentencing, where offences are aggravated by hostility towards persons involved in elections, referendums or recall petitions or holders of such offices; and for connected purposes.

Armed Forces Bill

A Bill to continue the Armed Forces Act 2006; to amend that Act and other enactments relating to the armed forces; to make provision about the reserve forces; to make provision about visiting forces; to make provision about the Ministry of Defence Police; to make provision about the defence functions of the Oil and Pipelines Agency; to make provision about the protection of military remains; and for connected purposes.

Civil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]

A Bill to make provision for the protection of purchasers and users of air transport and airport services; to make provision about airspace change, air traffic and air navigation services and airport slots and schedules; to confer power on the Civil Aviation Authority to make rules; to make provision about aviation offences; and for connected purposes.

Social Housing Bill [HL]

A Bill to make provision about social housing.

Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill

A Bill to Make provision, including provision amending the Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018, about the security and resilience of network and information systems used or relied on in connection with the carrying on of essential activities.

Lobbying Transparency (In-house Lobbyists) Bill [HL]

A Bill to amend the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 to include in-house lobbyists.

National Security (State Threats) Bill

A Bill to make provision for the designation of bodies involved in foreign power threat activity; to create offences relating to bodies designated under this Act; and for connected purposes.

Short-term Leases (Disclosure of Information) Bill [HL]

A Bill to confer powers on local authorities to require information from short-term rental property owners.

Health Bill

A Bill to make provision about health and social care.

Commercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill [HL]

A Bill to place a duty on commercial organisations and public authorities to prevent human rights and environmental harms, including an obligation to conduct human rights and environmental due diligence, in their own operations, subsidiaries, and value chains in line with international standards; to make provision for civil liability, access to justice for victims, an enforcement body, penalties, and a criminal offence for failures to comply with the duty; and for connected purposes.

Work Experience (Schools) Bill

A Bill to make provision about work experience for pupils in secondary education.

Hospice Funding Bill

A Bill to require the Secretary of State to publish proposals relating to the funding by integrated care boards of medicines and pharmacy services for patients in hospices; and for connected purposes.

Coastal Communities (Health) Bill

A Bill to require the Secretary of State, in exercising functions in relation to the health service, to have regard to the need to reduce inequalities between people in coastal and inland areas; to require the Secretary of State to prepare and publish a strategy for improving the health and wellbeing of coastal communities and for reducing health inequalities between people in coastal and inland areas; to require the Secretary of State to report annually to Parliament on the implementation of that strategy; and for connected purposes.

Child-like Sexual Abuse Dolls (Offences) Bill

A Bill to make certain acts involving child-like sexual abuse dolls an offence; to make provision for the seizure and forfeiture of such items; and for connected purposes.

Planning (Solar Power Generation) Bill

A Bill to make provision about the granting of planning permission and development consent in respect of the building or installation of provision for solar power generation on agricultural land; and for connected purposes.

Cancer (Reporting and Strategy) Bill

A Bill to require the Secretary of State to report annually to Parliament on performance in relation to specified targets and measures relating to cancer and to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer; to require the Government to publish a strategy for improving cancer outcomes; and for connected purposes.

Relationships and Sex Education (Further Education Sector) Bill

A Bill to make provision about relationships and sex education in the further education sector.

Automated Online Software (Access and Transparency) Bill

A Bill to make provision about the registration of operators of specified automated online software; to make provision about duties on those operators with regard to the functions of that software, including in relation to accessing online material published by persons other than the operator; and for connected purposes.

Group-based Child Sexual Offences (Mandatory Life Sentences) Bill

A Bill to make provision about the sentencing of offenders convicted of serious sexual crimes against children committed as part of a group; to require that whole life orders are the starting point for adult offenders; to require minimum terms for young adult and child offenders; and for connected purposes.

Fireworks Bill

A Bill to make provision about fireworks; and for connected purposes.

Northern Ireland Troubles (Criminal Investigations etc) Bill

A Bill to require the Secretary of State to publish proposals relating to the circumstances in which new criminal investigations, prosecutions, inquests or inquiries in respect of Troubles-related conduct carried out in Northern Ireland may be commenced; and for connected purposes.

Ceramics (Country of Origin Marking) Bill

A Bill to require the indication of country of origin for ceramic products; and for connected purposes.

Emergency and Life-saving Skills (Schools) Bill

A Bill to require the teaching in schools of skills relating to emergency situations, including life-saving skills; and for connected purposes.

Domestic Abuse Protection Orders (Amendment) Bill

A Bill to make provision about domestic abuse protection orders; and for connected purposes.

Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill

A Bill to make provision about the use of litigation to suppress freedom of speech.

First Cousins (Prohibited Relationships) Bill

A Bill to prohibit the marriage of first cousins; to prohibit civil partnerships between first cousins; to prohibit sexual activity between first cousins; and for connected purposes.

Homes and Planning Bill

A Bill to make provision about the availability of social, affordable, and intermediate market homes; to make provision about the powers of local authorities and local planning authorities in relation to homes and planning; to make further provision in relation to homes and planning; and for connected purposes.

Heritage Public Houses Bill

A Bill to require local authorities to maintain a register of heritage public houses in their area and to make provision in connection with the compilation and maintenance of such registers; to make provision relating to planning applications in respect of public houses on such a register; to make provision about the listing of heritage public houses; to make further provision relating to heritage public houses; and for connected purposes.

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

A Bill to allow adults who are terminally ill, subject to safeguards and protections, to request and be provided with assistance to end their own life; and for connected purposes.

Infants, Parents and Carers Bill

A Bill to make provision about support for infants, parents and carers of infants, and prospective parents and carers, including provision relating to assessment of needs and to reporting requirements relating to such support; and for connected purposes.

Citizenship Education Bill [HL]

A Bill to create an entitlement to citizenship education from primary to the end of secondary education, and make provision about the availability of relevant teachers; to supplement the existing aims of citizenship education; and for connected purposes.

Public Office (Accountability) Bill

A Bill to Impose a duty on public authorities and public officials to act with candour, transparency and frankness; to make provision for the enforcement of that duty in their dealings with inquiries and investigations; to require public authorities to promote and take steps to maintain ethical conduct within all parts of the authority; to create an offence in relation to public authorities and public officials who mislead the public; to create further offences in relation to the misconduct of persons who hold public office and to abolish the common law offence of misconduct in public office; to make provision enabling persons to participate at inquiries and investigations where the conduct of public authorities may be in issue; and for connected purposes.

Northern Ireland Troubles Bill

A Bill to make new provision to address the legacy of the Northern Ireland Troubles.

Courts and Tribunals Bill

A Bill to Make provision in relation to criminal courts in England and Wales; to make provision about the leadership of tribunals; to amend section 1 of the Children Act 1989 to remove the presumption relating to the involvement of parents in the life of a child; and for connected purposes.

Health and Disability Benefits Reform Bill [HL]

A Bill to reform the assessment process for health-related and disability benefits in England and Wales, including the minimum age at which applicants can be assessed and the nature of assessment appointments; and for connected purposes.

Railways Bill

A Bill to make provision about railways and railway services; and for connected purposes.

Nature’s Rights Bill [HL]

A Bill to recognise Nature as a legal subject; establish and protect the rights of Nature; establish a legal duty of care for public bodies, businesses, and individuals; provide procedural rights for the protection of Nature; establish an Integrated Rights Framework; establish mechanisms for dispute resolution and legal enforcement; make provision about Parliamentary scrutiny; establish a Nature Guardianship Council and Bioregional Councils; establish a Nature’s Rights Tribunal; create a governance structure for implementation and integration; provide for phased implementation and periodic review; ensure compliance with international environmental obligations; promote public awareness and education; and for connected purposes.

Royal Albert Hall Bill [HL]

A Bill to amend certain provisions of the Royal Albert Hall Act 1966 relating to the annual contribution payable by the Members of the Corporation towards the general purposes of the Royal Albert Hall; to make further provision regarding the exclusion of the Members from the hall.

Mental Health Support (Sentence of Detention and Imprisonment for Public Protection) Bill [HL]

A bill to make provision to ensure the mental health needs of individuals sentenced to detention and imprisonment for public protection are met; and for connected purposes.

Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill [HL]

A Bill to make provision about the misuse of litigation to suppress freedom of expression.

Local Elections (Proportional Representation) Bill [HL]

A Bill to introduce a system of proportional representation for locally elected bodies in England if agreed following a public consultation and a referendum of registered voters in the area affected; and for connected purposes.

Local Plans (Burial Space) Bill [HL]

A Bill to make provision about the inclusion of guaranteed burial ground space within Local Plans.

Cheltenham Borough Council (Markets) Bill

A Bill to make provision for the repeal of section 83 of the Cheltenham Improvement Act 1852; and for connected purposes.

Malvern Hills Bill [HL]

A Bill to repeal and re-enact certain enactments relating to the Malvern Hills Conservators and the management of the Malvern Hills, to reconstitute and rename those Conservators as the Malvern Hills Trust and to confer further powers on the Malvern Hills Trust, to make further provision in relation to the Malvern Hills, and for other purposes.

Regulated Professions (Freedom of Speech) Bill [HL]

A Bill to protect the freedom of expression of professionally regulated individuals; to impose duties of neutrality on professional regulatory bodies; and to restrict the imposition by such bodies of mandatory training or education of a political, ideological, or social nature.

City of London (Markets) Bill

A Bill to make provision for the repeal of legislation relating to Billingsgate Market and the London Central Markets; and for connected purposes.