Government Legislation
Business Rate Supplements Bill
Wednesday 3rd December 2008The Bill announces the introduction of a new power for local authorities in England to raise and retain local supplements on the national business rate in order to fund projects that will promote economic development.
![Marine and Coastal Access Bill [HL]](http://www.dodsdata.com/images/18434_Thumbnail.jpg)
Marine and Coastal Access Bill [HL]
Legislation to simplify coastline management was unveiled as part of the Queen’s speech.
Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill
The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill has been launched to expand apprenticeships for young people, tackle standards in schools, and streamline accountability of the education system.
Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Equality Bill
Positive discrimination in favour of female and ethnic minority candidates will be allowed under the provisions of the Equality Bill.
Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Coroners and Justice Bill
Avoiding future abuses of the death certification process is the driving force behind the Coroners and Death Certification Bill.
Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Welfare Reform Bill
The government has committed to introducing greater incentives for people to move from benefits into work.
Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Policing and Crime Bill
The Bill, conceived in the policing green paper in July, aims to bring more local accountability to police forces, as well as reduce bureaucracy within the service.
Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Saving Gateway Accounts Bill
The Bill will allow the government to define who will be eligible to apply for accounts. It will also provide power for the government to pay out matched funding to savers on account maturation.
Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Parliamentary Standards Bill
A Bill seeking to make provision establishing a body corporate known as the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority and an officer known as the Commissioner for Parliamentary Investigations and to make provision relating to salaries and allowances for members of the House of Commons and to their financial interests and conduct.
Sunday 28th June 2009
Finance Bill
A Bill to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Review, and to make further provision in connection with finance.
Tuesday 28th April 2009![Perpetuities and Accumulations Bill [HL]](http://www.dodsdata.com//images/17401_Thumbnail.jpg)
Perpetuities and Accumulations Bill [HL]
A Bill to amend the law relating to the avoidance of future interests on grounds of remoteness and the law relating to accumulations of income.
Wednesday 1st April 2009
Industry and Exports (Financial Support) Act
A short Bill with three clauses amending the Industrial Development Act 1982 and Export Credits Guarantee Department under the Export and Investment Guarantees 1991 Act.
Wednesday 4th March 2009![Postal Services Bill [HL]](http://www.dodsdata.com//images/20508_Thumbnail.jpg)
Postal Services Bill [HL]
A Bill to make provision for the restructuring of the Royal Mail group.
Wednesday 25th February 2009
Northern Ireland Act
The Bill is designed to assist with the devolution of policing and justice to Northern Ireland by making amendments to the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
Monday 23rd February 2009![Geneva Conventions and UN Personnel (Protocols) Bill [HL]](http://www.dodsdata.com//images/18799_Thumbnail.gif)
Geneva Conventions and UN Personnel (Protocols) Bill [HL]
A Bill to amend the Geneva Conventions Act 1957 so as to give effect to the Protocol additional to the Geneva Conventions of August 12 1949 done on December 8 2005.
Friday 19th December 2008![Banking (No. 2) Bill [HL] (DROPPED)](http://www.dodsdata.com/images/17234_Thumbnail.jpg)
Banking (No. 2) Bill [HL] (DROPPED)
This is the Lords version of the Bill that was carried over from last session in the Commons.
Friday 5th December 2008![Health Bill [HL]](http://www.dodsdata.com//images/17384_Thumbnail.jpg)
Health Bill [HL]
The Bill aims to increase patient involvement in their own healthcare form the main thrust of the National Health Service Reform Bill.
Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Child Poverty Bill
The government has announced its intention to enshrine into law its pledge to eradicate child poverty by 2020.
Wednesday 3rd December 2008![Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [HL]](http://www.dodsdata.com/images/18845_Thumbnail.jpg)
Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [HL]
Refugee and human rights groups have raised concerns over the government’s Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill.
Wednesday 3rd December 2008![Local Democracy, Economic Development & Construction Bill [HL]](http://www.dodsdata.com//images/19312_Thumbnail.jpg)
Local Democracy, Economic Development & Construction Bill [HL]
Measures allowing citizens greater influence over local decision making, making public services more transparent and accountable.
Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Banking Act
The Act establishes a statutory regime for dealing with failing banks, amends related current legislation and makes new provisions for the governance of the Bank of England.
Thursday 2nd October 2008
Political Parties and Elections Bill
A Bill to make provision in connection with the Electoral Commission; and to make provision about political donations and expenditure and about elections.
Thursday 17th July 2008Balloted Bills
Autism Bill
A Bill to make requirements relating to the collection and dissemination of information on people with autism; to make provision about support for people with autism; and for connected purposes.
Wednesday 21st January 2009
Children in Care (Custody) Bill
A Bill to make provision about the services provided by local authorities in relation to the care of children in care in custody; and for connected purposes.
Wednesday 21st January 2009
Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Bill
A Bill to make provision for societies to be registered as co-operative or community benefit societies and to re-name the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts.
Wednesday 21st January 2009
Green Energy (Definition and Promotion) Bill
A Bill to define the term “green energy”; to promote its development, installation and usage; and for connected purposes.
Wednesday 21st January 2009
Industrial Carbon Emissions (Targets) Bill
A Bill seeking to place stricter greenhouse gas emission limits for all new or expanded power stations.
Wednesday 21st January 2009
Leaseholders Rights Bill
A Bill to confer rights on leaseholders relating to the management and maintenance of their properties.
Wednesday 21st January 2009
Lending (Regulation) Bill
A Bill to impose requirements on lenders relating to the calculation of interest rates; to regulate the promotion of lending.
Wednesday 21st January 2009
Protection of Children (Encrypted Material) Bill
A Bill seeking to increase the penalty on a person failing to comply with a notice requiring disclosure of protected material containing an indecent photograph of a child.
Wednesday 21st January 2009
Equality and Diversity (Reform) Bill
A Private Members' Bill to repeal the Sex Discrimination (Election Candidates) Act 2002.
Wednesday 21st January 2009
Forces Widows Pensions (Equality of Treatment) Bill
A Bill to provide for the equal treatment of forces widows’ pensions in respect of retirement from military service.
Wednesday 21st January 2009
Organ Donation (Presumed Consent) Bill
The Bill seeks to make provision in relation to safeguards for such a scheme.
Wednesday 21st January 2009
Palliative Care Bill
The Bill aims to ensure more choice for terminally ill patients.
Wednesday 21st January 2009
Small Business Rate Relief (Automatic Payment) Bill
A Bill seeking to apply business rate relief automatically to small businesses.
Wednesday 21st January 2009
Royal Marriages and Succession to the Crown (Prevention of Discrimination) Bill
A Bill to make provision to remove discrimination in respect of Royal marriages and succession to the Crown.
Wednesday 21st January 2009
Schools (Health Support) Bill
A Bill to amend the Education and Inspections Act 2006 to establish standards in schools for the support of children with specified health conditions.
Wednesday 21st January 2009
Scottish Banknotes (Acceptability in United Kingdom) Bill
A Bill seeking to ensure that Scottish banknotes are accepted throughout the United Kingdom.
Wednesday 21st January 2009
Special Educational Needs and Disability (Support) Bill
A Bill to make provision for further training of teachers and specialist staff.
Wednesday 21st January 2009
Statutory Redundancy Pay (Amendment) Bill
A Bill seeking to protect workers who are made redundant by increasing statutory redundancy pay and place a 'cap' on the amount of a week’s pay to be used in the calculation.
Wednesday 21st January 2009
Presumption of Death Bill
A Bill to make provision in relation to the presumed deaths of missing persons.
Wednesday 21st January 2009Ten Minute Rule Bills
Developing Country Debt (Restriction of Recovery) Bill
A Bill to regulate the recovery of the defaulted sovereign debt of developing countries.
Sunday 7th June 2009
Goalpost Safety Bill
A Bill to make provision for minimum standards for football goalposts.
Sunday 7th June 2009
Cohabitation (No. 2) Bill
A Bill to provide certain protections for persons who live together as a couple or have lived together as a couple.
Sunday 7th June 2009
Protection of Children (Publicity) Bill
A Bill to prevent the exploitation by parents of their children by means of seeking publicity, primarily for the purpose of financial gain and in respect of the actions of such children.
Sunday 7th June 2009
Prevention of Excessive Charges Bill
A Bill to prevent excessive charges or fees from being levied on consumers.
Wednesday 29th April 2009
Council Tax Rebate Bill
A Bill to rename council tax benefit council tax rebate.
Tuesday 31st March 2009
Young People Leaving Care (Accommodation) Bill
A Bill to make provision for minimum standards in respect of accommodation for young people leaving care.
Wednesday 18th March 2009
Food Labelling Regulations (Amendment) Bill
A Bill to amend the Food Labelling Regulations 1996 to provide for information about the country of origin of food to be made available to consumers.
Tuesday 17th March 2009
Theft from Shops (Use of Penalty Notices for Disorder) Bill
A Bill to restrict the use of penalty notices for disorder in respect of the offence of theft from retail and commercial premises.
Wednesday 11th March 2009
Bankers' Pensions (Limits) Bill
A Bill to make provision for the pensions of board members of banks that are wholly or partly in public ownership to be limited in certain circumstances.
Tuesday 10th March 2009
Teaching of British History in Schools Bill
A Bill to make provision for the compulsory teaching of British history in schools.
Wednesday 4th March 2009
Employment Retention Bill
A Bill to make provision for a statutory right to an employment retention assessment.
Tuesday 3rd March 2009
Renewable Content Obligation Bill
A Bill to make provision for the establishment of minimum levels of recyclates in designated products and classes of product and to establish a scheme for the certification of designated products.
Wednesday 25th February 2009
Airport Expansion (Parliamentary Approval) Bill
The Airport Expansion (Parliamentary Approval) Bill would give all MPs the right to vote on expansion of Heathrow and on a second runway at Stansted.
Tuesday 24th February 2009
Climate Change (Sectoral Targets) Bill
A Bill to set targets relating to energy generation and consumption; to make provision for the sectoral targets to be met.
Wednesday 11th February 2009
Employment Opportunities Bill
A Bill to introduce more freedom, flexibility and opportunity for those seeking employment in the public and private sectors.
Tuesday 10th February 2009
Exercise of Reasonable Discretion Bill
A Bill to provide that public authorities and public servants shall not be subject to any criminal or civil penalty as a result of the exercise of reasonable discretion in the performance of their functions.
Wednesday 4th February 2009
Home Repossession (Protection) Bill
A Bill to amend the Law of Property Act 1925 to require a mortgagee to obtain the court’s permission before exercising the power of sale.
Tuesday 3rd February 2009Lords Private Members' Bills
Sports Ground Safety Authority Bill [HL]
To confer further powers on the Football Licensing Authority and to amend its name.
Wednesday 4th February 2009![Law Commission Bill [HL]](http://www.dodsdata.com/images/19468_Thumbnail.jpg)
Law Commission Bill [HL]
A Bill make provision in relation to the Law Commission.
Wednesday 21st January 2009![Community Amateur Sports Clubs (Support) Bill [HL]](http://www.dodsdata.com/images/20090_Thumbnail.jpg)
Community Amateur Sports Clubs (Support) Bill [HL]
A Bill to make provision in respect of Community Amateur Sports Clubs; and for connected purposes.
Saturday 17th January 2009![Online Purchasing of Goods and Services (Age Verification) Bill [HL]](http://www.dodsdata.com/images/18447_Thumbnail.jpg)
Online Purchasing of Goods and Services (Age Verification) Bill [HL]
A Bill that seeks to make it a requirement for the providers of goods and services and the providers of specified facilities enabling the purchase of such goods and services to take reasonable steps, in certain circumstances, to establish the age of customers making such purchases remotely.
Wednesday 14th January 2009
Torture (Damages) Bill [HL]
To Bill to make provision for actions for damages for torture.
Wednesday 14th January 2009
Companies’ Remuneration Reports Bill [HL]
A Bill to make provision about remuneration reports in public quoted company accounts and reports.
Tuesday 30th December 2008![Bank of England (Amendment) Bill [HL]](http://www.dodsdata.com/images/18746_Thumbnail.jpg)
Bank of England (Amendment) Bill [HL]
A Bill to amend the objectives of the Bank of England in relation to monetary policy.
Friday 19th December 2008![Dog Control Bill [HL]](http://www.dodsdata.com/images/19175_Thumbnail.jpg)
Dog Control Bill [HL]
Legislation to make provision about the control of dogs and their welfare.
Friday 19th December 2008
Cohabitation Bill [HL]
A Bill to provide certain protections for persons who live together as a couple or have lived together as a couple; and for connected purposes.
Friday 12th December 2008![Disabled Persons (Independent Living) Bill [HL]](http://www.dodsdata.com//images/18333_Thumbnail.JPG)
Disabled Persons (Independent Living) Bill [HL]
The Bill aims to confer certain rights upon disabled persons for independent living.A Bill that would place a clear duty on local authorities and the NHS to co-operate in the services they provide people with disabilities.
Friday 12th December 2008![House of Lords Bill [HL]](http://www.dodsdata.com//images/19175_Thumbnail.jpg)
House of Lords Bill [HL]
The Bill seeks to make it so that existing hereditary Peers are no longer replaced when they die.
Tuesday 9th December 2008
House of Lords (Members' Taxation Status) Bill [HL]
A Bill to make provision about the taxation status of members of the House of Lords.
Tuesday 9th December 2008
Equal Pay and Flexible Working Bill [HL]
A Bill to amend the Equal Pay Act 1970; and to make provision about flexible working.
Tuesday 9th December 2008Presentation Bills
Broadcasting (Television Licence Fee Abolition) Bill
A Bill seeking to abolish a television licence fee.
Saturday 28th February 2009
Protection of Garden Land (Development Control) Bill
A Bill aiming to protect private gardens from development which is out of character with the surrounding area.
Tuesday 3rd February 2009
Employment Rights Bill
A Bill to provide that workers or members of a trade union who are UK nationals shall have rights of employment in the United Kingdom equal to or as favourable as those afforded to foreign nationals.
Tuesday 3rd February 2009
Pharmaceutical Labelling (Warning Of Cognitive Function Impairment) Bill
A Bill seeking to improve the labelling on medicines which can dangerously impair judgement.
Monday 26th January 2009
Sovereignty Of Parliament (European Communities) Bill
The Bill seeks to modify the current constitutional position where EU law takes precedence over UK law.
Monday 26th January 2009
European Union (Audit of Benefits and Costs of UK Membership) Bill
The Bill would establish a commission to carry out regular audits of the costs and benefits of the UK’s membership of the European Union.
Monday 26th January 2009
Drugs (Roadside Testing) Bill
The Bill would make provision for roadside testing for illegal drugs.
Monday 26th January 2009
Illegally Logged Timber (Prohibition Of Sale) Bill
A Bill to prohibit the sale in the United Kingdom of timber and wood products that were obtained or produced illegally in their country of origin.
Monday 26th January 2009
Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day Bill
A Bill to introduce a national day to learn about and remember the Armenian genocide.
Monday 26th January 2009
British Museum Act 1963 (Amendment) Bill
The Bill permits the return of the Parthenon sculptures to Greece.A Bill to amend the British Museum Act 1963 to permit the transfer of artefacts in the British Museum.
Monday 26th January 2009
Employers’ Liability Insurance Bureau Bill
A Bill to make provision about employers’ liability insurance.
Monday 26th January 2009
Damages (Asbestos-Related Conditions) Bill
A Bill to provide that certain asbestos-related conditions are actionable personal injuries.
Monday 26th January 2009
Holocaust (Stolen Art) Restitution Bill
The Holocaust (Stolen Art) Restitution Bill requires museums to offer the owner of Nazi-looted artwork the chance to decide whether they want it back.
Monday 26th January 2009
Land Use (Gardens Protection Etc) Bill
A Bill to make provision for the protection of gardens and urban green spaces.
Monday 26th January 2009
Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill
A Bill to make provision for and in connection with the removal of general restrictions as to nationality.
Monday 26th January 2009
Torture (Damages) (No. 2) Bill
A Bill to make provision for actions for damages for torture.
Monday 26th January 2009
Human Rights Act 1998 (Meaning Of Public Authority) Bill
A Bill to clarify the meaning of 'public authority' in section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998.
Monday 26th January 2009
Driving Instruction (Suspension and Exemption Powers) Bill
A Bill to provide for the suspension in certain circumstances of registration and licences relating to the provision of driving instruction.
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