Infrastructure Act 2015
make provision for strategic highways companies and the funding of transport services by land; to make provision for the control of invasive non-native species; to make provision about nationally significant infrastructure projects; to make provision about town and country planning; to make provision about the Homes and Communities Agency and Mayoral development corporations; to make provision about the Greater London Authority so far as it exercises functions for the purposes of housing and regeneration; to make provision about Her Majesty’s Land Registry and local land charges; to make provision enabling building regulations to provide for off-site carbon abatement measures; to make provision for giving members of communities the right to buy stakes in local renewable electricity generation facilities; to make provision about maximising economic recovery of petroleum in the United Kingdom; to provide for a levy to be charged on holders of certain energy licences; to enable Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs to exercise functions in connection with the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative; to make provision about onshore petroleum and geothermal energy; to make provision about renewable heat incentives; and for connected purposes.
Government Bill
(Department for Transport)
What is this Bill?
The Infrastructure Act 2015 was a Government Bill that became an Act of Parliament.
Is this Bill currently before Parliament?No. This Bill was introduced on 5 June 2014 and became an Act of Parliament on 12 February 2015.
Whose idea is this Bill?Government Bills implement the legislative agenda of the Government. This agenda, and the Bills that will implement it, are outlined in the Queen's Speech at the Session's State Opening of Parliament.
How can I find out exactly what this Bill does?The most straightforward information is contained in the initial Explanatory Notes for the Bill.
Would you like to know more?See these Glossary articles for more information: Act of Parliament, Government Bills, Process of a Bill
Official Bill Page Initial Explanatory Notes Initial Briefing papers All Bill Debates
This bill has received Royal Assent and has become an Act of Parliament
Bill Progession through Parliament
Latest Key documents
Bill
10/02/2015
Timeline of Bill Documents and Stages
16th March 2015
Legislative Consent Resolutions
Welsh Parliament - 23 September 2014 (PDF, 746KB)
12th March 2015
Legislative Consent Resolutions
Scottish Parliament - 16 Dec 2014 (PDF, 467KB)
16th February 2015
Act of Parliament
Infrastructure Act 2015 c.7
12th February 2015
Royal Assent (Commons)
12th February 2015
Public Bill Committee and report stage proceedings: Commons
Proceedings on Consideration of Lords Message as at 11 February 2015
12th February 2015
Impact Assessments
Impact Assessment (PDF, 3MB)
11th February 2015
Ping Pong: House of Commons
11th February 2015
Programme motion: House of Commons
11th February 2015
Selection of amendments: Commons
Consideration of Lords Amendments (PDF, 402KB)
11th February 2015
Amendment papers
Consideration of Lords Amendments as at 11 February 2015
10th February 2015
Bills
Bill 172 2014-15, Lords Amendments to, Consequential on, or in Lieu of, Certain Commons Amendments
9th February 2015
Ping Pong: House of Lords
7th February 2015
Amendment papers
Marshalled List of Motions and Amendments to be moved on consideration of Commons Amendments
6th February 2015
Amendment papers
Motions and Amendments to be moved on consideration of Commons Amendments
5th February 2015
Amendment papers
Motions and Amendments to be moved on consideration of Commons Amendments
4th February 2015
Will write letters
Letter from John Hayes MP to Richard Burden MP regarding his concerns around the use of the term "constructive dismissal" in an amendment to the Infrastructure Bill. (PDF, 94KB)
28th January 2015
Explanatory Notes
Bill 89-EN 2014-15
28th January 2015
Bills
Bill 89 2014-15, Commons Amendments
26th January 2015
3rd reading: House of Commons
26th January 2015
Report stage: House of Commons
26th January 2015
Tracked changes versions of Bills: Commons
Version of the bill showing changes made in committee (PDF, 757KB)
24th January 2015
Amendment papers
Consideration of Bill Amendments as at 26 January 2015
23rd January 2015
Amendment papers
Notices of Amendments given up to and including 22 January 2015
23rd January 2015
Selection of amendments: Commons
Consideration on Report (PDF, 140KB)
22nd January 2015
Will write letters
Letter from John Hayes MP to Tom Greatrex MP regarding the Community Electricity Right (CER) provisions of the Infrastructure Bill (PDF, 70KB)
22nd January 2015
Amendment papers
Provisional Notices of Amendments and Added Names as at 22 January 2015 (PDF, 125KB)
22nd January 2015
Amendment papers
Notices of Amendments given on 21 January 2015
21st January 2015
Amendment papers
Notices of Amendments given on 20 January 2015
20th January 2015
Amendment papers
Notices of Amendments given on 19 January 2015
19th January 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence - consolidated PDF version (PDF, 2MB)
16th January 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: District Councils' Network (IB53)
16th January 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Rail Delivery Group (IB52)
16th January 2015
Will write letters
Letter dated from John Hayes MP to Jim Hood MP and Roger Gale MP regarding Infrastructure Bill and amendments in respect of the abolition of the Public Works Loan Board (PDF, 621KB)
16th January 2015
Public Bill Committee and report stage proceedings: Commons
Public Bill Committee Proceedings as at 15 January 2015
16th January 2015
Amendment papers
Notices of Amendments given on 15 January 2015
16th January 2015
Bills
Bill 154 2014-2015 [as amended in Public Bill Committee]
15th January 2015
Committee Debate: 11th sitting: House of Commons
15th January 2015
Committee Debate: 10th sitting: House of Commons
15th January 2015
Amendment papers
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 15 January 2015
15th January 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Centrica (IB40)
15th January 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: National Grid Plc (IB49)
15th January 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Central Association of Agricultural Valuers (IB41)
15th January 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Gravesham Borough Council (IB42)
15th January 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Claire Robertson (IB43)
15th January 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Which? (IB44)
15th January 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: National Farmers' Union (IB45)
15th January 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Chiltern District Council (IB46)
15th January 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: The Open Spaces Society (IB47)
15th January 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Sam Miller (IB48)
15th January 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: The Carbon Catalysts Group (IB50)
15th January 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: South Bucks District Council (IB51)
14th January 2015
Selection of amendments: Commons
Consideration in Committee: Selection 6 (PDF, 178KB)
14th January 2015
Public Bill Committee and report stage proceedings: Commons
Public Bill Committee Proceedings as at 13 January 2015
13th January 2015
Committee stage: House of Commons
13th January 2015
Committee Debate: 9th sitting: House of Commons
13th January 2015
Committee Debate: 8th sitting: House of Commons
13th January 2015
Amendment papers
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 13 January 2015
13th January 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Arun District Council (IB32)
13th January 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: ClientEarth (IB39)
13th January 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: RenewableUK (IB38)
13th January 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Quaker Peace & Social Witness (IB37)
13th January 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: GMB (IB36)
13th January 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Helen Cuppleditch (IB35)
13th January 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Roger Humphry (IB34)
13th January 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Save Wildlife (IB33)
13th January 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Dr Janet Moxley (IB31)
13th January 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Friends of the Earth (IB30)
12th January 2015
Selection of amendments: Commons
Consideration in Committee: Selection 5 (PDF, 179KB)
9th January 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Vernon Moat (IB29)
9th January 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: British Property Federation (IB28)
9th January 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: CIWEM (IB27)
9th January 2015
Amendment papers
Notices of Amendments given on 8 January 2015
9th January 2015
Public Bill Committee and report stage proceedings: Commons
Public Bill Committee Proceedings as at 8 January 2015
8th January 2015
Committee Debate: 7th sitting: House of Commons
8th January 2015
Committee Debate: 6th sitting: House of Commons
8th January 2015
Amendment papers
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 8 January 2015
8th January 2015
Selection of amendments: Commons
Consideration in Committee: Selection 4 (PDF, 180KB)
7th January 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) (IB20)
7th January 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Local Land Charges Institute’s (LLCI) (IB15)
7th January 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: United Kingdom Onshore Oil and Gas (UKOOG) (IB16)
7th January 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Local Government Technical Advisers' Group (IB17)
7th January 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: 38 Degrees Stroud (IB18)
7th January 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Local Government Association’s (LGA) (IB19)
7th January 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Miss E R Adam (IB21)
7th January 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Alan Tootill (IB22)
7th January 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Campaign for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE) (IB23)
7th January 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Alliance of British Drivers (ABD) (IB24)
7th January 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: John Oddie (IB25)
7th January 2015
Written evidence
Written Evidence: National Farmers’ Union (NFU) (IB26)
7th January 2015
Amendment papers
Notices of Amendments given on 6 January 2015
7th January 2015
Public Bill Committee and report stage proceedings: Commons
Public Bill Committee Proceedings as at 6 January 2015
6th January 2015
Committee Debate: 5th sitting: House of Commons
6th January 2015
Committee Debate: 4th sitting: House of Commons
6th January 2015
Amendment papers
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 6 January 2015
5th January 2015
Selection of amendments: Commons
Consideration in Committee: Selection 3 (PDF, 176KB)
19th December 2014
Written evidence
Written Evidence: James A. Coghlan (IB11)
19th December 2014
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Campaign for Better Transport (IB08) (PDF, 228KB)
19th December 2014
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT) (IB09)
19th December 2014
Written evidence
Written Evidence: UK Green Building Council (IB12) (PDF, 251KB)
19th December 2014
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Letter from Mrs Anne Main MP (IB14)
19th December 2014
Written evidence
Written Evidence: National Farmers' Union (IB13)
19th December 2014
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Sustrans (IB10) (PDF, 447KB)
19th December 2014
Public Bill Committee and report stage proceedings: Commons
Public Bill Committee Proceedings as at 18 December 2014
19th December 2014
Amendment papers
Notices of Amendments given on 18 December 2014
18th December 2014
Committee Debate: 3rd sitting: House of Commons
18th December 2014
Amendment papers
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 18 December 2014
17th December 2014
Public Bill Committee and report stage proceedings: Commons
Public Bill Committee Proceedings as at 16 December 2014
17th December 2014
Amendment papers
Notices of Amendments given on Tuesday 16 December 2014
17th December 2014
Selection of amendments: Commons
Consideration in Committee: Selection 2 (PDF, 177KB)
17th December 2014
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Civil Engineering Contractors Association (IB01)
17th December 2014
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Woodland Trust (IB02)
17th December 2014
Written evidence
Written Evidence:TravelWatch Northwest (IB03)
17th December 2014
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) (IB04)
17th December 2014
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Transport Planning Society (TPS) (IB05)
17th December 2014
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Living Streets (IB06)
17th December 2014
Written evidence
Written Evidence: Water UK (IB07)
16th December 2014
Committee Debate: 2nd sitting: House of Commons
16th December 2014
Committee Debate: 1st sitting: House of Commons
16th December 2014
Amendment papers
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at Tuesday 16 December 2014
15th December 2014
Selection of amendments: Commons
Consideration in Committee: Selection 1 (PDF, 179KB)
12th December 2014
Press notices
Have your say on the Infrastructure Bill
12th December 2014
Amendment papers
Notices of Amendments given up to and including Friday 12 December 2014
12th December 2014
Amendment papers
Notices of Amendments given on Thursday 11 December 2014
11th December 2014
Amendment papers
Notices of Amendments given on Wednesday 10 December 2014
10th December 2014
Amendment papers
Notices of Amendments given on Tuesday 9 December 2014
9th December 2014
Amendment papers
Notices of Amendments given on Monday 8 December 2014
8th December 2014
2nd reading: House of Commons
8th December 2014
Ways and Means resolution: House of Commons
8th December 2014
Money resolution: House of Commons
5th December 2014
Briefing papers
Briefing Paper on Second Reading
21st November 2014
Explanatory Notes
Bill 124-EN 2014-15
21st November 2014
Bills
Bill 124 2014-15, as brought from the Lords
20th November 2014
1st reading: House of Commons
19th November 2014
3rd reading: House of Lords
19th November 2014
Amendment papers
Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved on Third Reading
18th November 2014
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved on Third Reading
18th November 2014
Impact Assessments
Impact Assessment (revised) (PDF, 2MB)
16th November 2014
Will write letters
Letter from Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon to Lord McKenzie of Luton regarding clause 21 and the definition of public bodies (PDF, 83KB)
16th November 2014
Will write letters
Letter from Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon to Lord McKenzie of Luton regarding the Government's proposals on the Land Registry (PDF, 73KB)
14th November 2014
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved on Third Reading
11th November 2014
Bills
HL Bill 53 2014-15, as amended on Report
10th November 2014
Report: 3rd sitting: House of Lords
7th November 2014
Amendment papers
Third Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved on Report
6th November 2014
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved on Report [Supplementary to the Second Marshalled List]
5th November 2014
Report: 2nd sitting: House of Lords
5th November 2014
Amendment papers
Amendment to be moved on Report [Supplementary to the Second Marshalled List]
4th November 2014
Amendment papers
Second Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved on Report
3rd November 2014
Report: 1st sitting: House of Lords
1st November 2014
Amendment papers
Revised Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved on Report
31st October 2014
Amendment papers
Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved on Report
30th October 2014
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved on Report
29th October 2014
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved on Report
28th October 2014
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved on Report
25th October 2014
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved on Report
23rd October 2014
Amendment papers
Amendment to be moved on Report
17th October 2014
Amendment papers
Amendment to be moved on Report
16th October 2014
Bills
HL Bill 45 2014-15, as amended in Committee
14th October 2014
Committee: 7th sitting: House of Lords
14th October 2014
Amendment papers
Revised Seventh Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee
11th October 2014
Amendment papers
Seventh Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee
10th October 2014
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee [Supplementary to the Sixth Marshalled List]
9th October 2014
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee [Supplementary to the Sixth Marshalled List]
26th September 2014
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee [Supplementary to the Sixth Marshalled List]
9th September 2014
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee [Supplementary to the Sixth Marshalled List]
22nd August 2014
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee [Supplementary to the Sixth Marshalled List]
22nd July 2014
Committee: 6th sitting: House of Lords
22nd July 2014
Will write letters
Letter from Lord Ahmad to Lord Jenkin of Roding and Lord Tope regarding Infrastructure Bill: Land Registry. (PDF, 274KB)
22nd July 2014
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee [Supplementary to the Sixth Marshalled List]
22nd July 2014
Will write letters
Letter from Lord Ahmad to Lord McKenzie of Luton regarding Infrastructure Bill: planning. (PDF, 371KB)
22nd July 2014
Will write letters
Letter from Lord Ahmad to Lord McKenzie of Luton regarding Infrastructure Bill, clauses 21 and 22. (PDF, 945KB)
19th July 2014
Amendment papers
Sixth Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee
18th July 2014
Amendment papers
Amendment to be moved in Grand Committee [Supplementary to the Fifth Marshalled List]
17th July 2014
Committee: 5th sitting: House of Lords
17th July 2014
Amendment papers
Amendment to be moved in Grand Committee [Supplementary to the Fifth Marshalled List]
16th July 2014
Amendment papers
Fifth Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee
15th July 2014
Committee: 4th sitting: House of Lords
14th July 2014
Amendment papers
Fourth Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee
11th July 2014
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee [Supplementary to the Third Marshalled List]
10th July 2014
Committee: 3rd sitting: House of Lords
10th July 2014
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee [Supplementary to the Third Marshalled List]
9th July 2014
Amendment papers
Third Marshalled List of Amendments Moved in Grand Committee
8th July 2014
Committee: 2nd sitting: House of Lords
8th July 2014
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee [Supplementary to the Second Marshalled List]
5th July 2014
Amendment papers
Second Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee
3rd July 2014
Committee: 1st sitting: House of Lords
3rd July 2014
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee [Supplementary to the Marshalled List]
2nd July 2014
Amendment papers
Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee
1st July 2014
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee
28th June 2014
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee
27th June 2014
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee
25th June 2014
Amendment papers
Amendment to be moved in Grand Committee
20th June 2014
Amendment papers
Amendments to be moved in Grand Committee
18th June 2014
2nd reading: House of Lords
6th June 2014
Bills
HL Bill 002 2014-15, as introduced
6th June 2014
Explanatory Notes
Bill 002-EN 2014-15
5th June 2014
1st reading: House of Lords
3rd June 2014
Impact Assessments
Impact Assessment (PDF, 2MB)