A Bill to make provision consequential on Annex VI to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty; to amend the Antarctic Act 1994; and for connected purposes.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 26th March 2013 and was enacted into law.

There will be no further opportunity to petition against the Bill in Parliament.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 28th February 2013 and was enacted into law.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 13th March 2014 and was enacted into law.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 18th December 2013 and was enacted into law.

To make provision about the regulation of operators of dominant airports; to confer functions on the Civil Aviation Authority under competition legislation in relation to services provided at airports; to make provision about aviation security; to make provision about the regulation of provision of flight accommodation; to make further provision about the Civil Aviation Authority’s membership, administration and functions in relation to enforcement, regulatory burdens and the provision of information relating to aviation; and for connected purposes.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 19th December 2012 and was enacted into law.

A Bill to establish, and make provision about, the National Crime Agency; to abolish the Serious Organised Crime Agency and the National Policing Improvement Agency; to make provision about the judiciary and the structure, administration, proceedings and powers of courts and tribunals; to make provision about border control; to make provision about drugs and driving; and for connected purposes.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 25th April 2013 and was enacted into law.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 25th April 2013 and was enacted into law.

Introduced: 20th June 2012

Baroness Thomas of Winchester (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
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This Bill received Royal Assent on 31st January 2013 and was enacted into law.

To make provision about the registration of electors and the administration and conduct of elections.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 31st January 2013 and was enacted into law.

To make provision for or in connection with reforming the electricity market for purposes of encouraging low carbon electricity generation or ensuring security of supply; for the establishment and functions of the Office for Nuclear Regulation; about the government pipe-line and storage system and rights exercisable in relation to it; about the designation of a strategy and policy statement; for the making of orders requiring regulated persons to provide redress to consumers of gas or electricity; about offshore transmission of electricity during a commissioning period; for imposing further fees in respect of nuclear decommissioning costs; and for connected purposes.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 18th December 2013 and was enacted into law.

A Bill to make provision about the UK Green Investment Bank; to make provision about employment law; to establish and make provision about the Competition and Markets Authority and to abolish the Competition Commission and the Office of Fair Trading; to amend the Competition Act 1998 and the Enterprise Act 2002; to make provision for the reduction of legislative burdens; to make provision about copyright and rights in performances; to make provision about payments to company directors; and for connected purposes

This Bill received Royal Assent on 25th April 2013 and was enacted into law.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 31st October 2012 and was enacted into law.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 28th February 2013 and was enacted into law.

To make provision consequential on the treaty concerning the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union, signed at Brussels on 9 December 2011, and provision consequential on the Protocol on the concerns of the Irish people on the Treaty of Lisbon, adopted at Brussels on 16 May 2012; and to make provision about the entitlement of nationals of the Republic of Croatia to enter or reside in the United Kingdom as workers.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 31st January 2013 and was enacted into law.

To grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 17th July 2012 and was enacted into law.

A Bill To grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 17th July 2013 and was enacted into law.

To make further provision about banking and other financial services, including provision about the Financial Services Compensation Scheme; to make provision for the amounts owed in respect of certain deposits to be treated as a preferential debt on insolvency; to make provision about the accounts of the Bank of England and its wholly owned subsidiaries; and for connected purposes.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 18th December 2013 and was enacted into law.

A Bill To amend the Bank of England Act 1998, the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and the Banking Act 2009; to make other provision about financial services and markets; to make provision about the exercise of certain statutory functions relating to building societies, friendly societies and other mutual societies; to amend section 785 of the Companies Act 2006; to make provision enabling the Director of Savings to provide services to other public bodies; and for connected purposes.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 19th December 2012 and was enacted into law.

A bill to set up a Groceries Code Adjudicator with the role of enforcing the Groceries Code and encouraging compliance with it.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 25th April 2013 and was enacted into law.

Following agreement by both Houses on the text of the Bill it received Royal Assent on 25 April. The Bill is now an Act of Parliament (law). To make provision in connection with facilitating or controlling the following, namely, the provision or use of infrastructure, the carrying-out of development, and the compulsory acquisition of land; to make provision about when rating lists are to be compiled; to make provision about the rights of employees of companies who agree to be employee owners; and for connected purposes.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 25th April 2013 and was enacted into law.

A Bill to confer powers on Hertfordshire County Council in relation to filming on highways; and for related purposes.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 30th January 2014 and was enacted into law.

Following agreement by both Houses on the text of the Bill it received Royal Assent on 28 February. The Bill is now an Act of Parliament (law). A Bill to make provision charging a levy in respect of the use or keeping of heavy goods vehicles on public roads in the United Kingdom, and for connected purposes.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 28th February 2013 and was enacted into law.

A Bill to amend the constitution of the Humber Bridge Board and to confer new borrowing and other powers on it; to make new provision for the recovery of any deficit of the Board from local authorities in the area; to confer new powers for the setting and revision of tolls and to make other provision for and in connection with the operation of the bridge; and for connected purposes.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 18th December 2013 and was enacted into law.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 31st October 2012 and was enacted into law.

To make provision about the effect of certain provisions relating to participation in a scheme designed to assist persons to obtain employment and about notices relating to participation in such a scheme.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 26th March 2013 and was enacted into law.

A bill to provide for oversight of the Security Service, the Secret Intelligence Service, the Government Communications Headquarters and other activities relating to intelligence or security matters; to provide for closed material procedure in relation to certain civil proceedings; to prevent the making of certain court orders for the disclosure of sensitive information; and for connected purposes.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 25th April 2013 and was enacted into law.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 28th February 2013 and was enacted into law.

A Bill to make provision about non-domestic rating; to make provision about grants to local authorities; to make provision about council tax; to make provision about the supply of information for purposes relating to rates in Northern Ireland; and for connected purposes.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 31st October 2012 and was enacted into law.

The Bill (as originally introduced) empowers London boroughs and Transport for London (TfL) to:

This Bill received Royal Assent on 18th December 2013 and was enacted into law.

Introduced: 20th June 2012

Sheryll Murray (Conservative - South East Cornwall)
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A Bill to make provision in relation to marine navigation and harbours.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 25th April 2013 and was enacted into law.

A Bill to make provision for the marriage of same sex couples in England and Wales, about gender change by married persons and civil partners, about consular functions in relation to marriage, for the marriage of armed forces personnel overseas, for permitting marriages according to the usages of belief organisations to be solemnized on the authority of certificates of a superintendent registrar, for the review of civil partnership, for the review of survivor benefits under occupational pension schemes, and for connected purposes.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 17th July 2013 and was enacted into law.

Authorise things done before the day on which this Act is passed in the purported exercise of functions relating to the approval of registered medical practitioners and clinicians under the Mental Health Act 1983.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 31st October 2012 and was enacted into law.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 28th February 2013 and was enacted into law.

Introduced: 20th June 2012

Peter Aldous (Conservative - Waveney)
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A Bill to amend the law relating to mobile homes.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 26th March 2013 and was enacted into law.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 28th February 2013 and was enacted into law.

A Bill to make provision for the prosecution in Scotland of partnerships, partners and others following dissolution or changes in membership.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 25th April 2013 and was enacted into law.

Make provision about interviews held during certain investigations under Schedule 3 to the Police Reform Act 2002; and about the application of Part 2 of that Act to matters occurring before 1 April 2004.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 19th December 2012 and was enacted into law.

Introduced: 20th June 2012

John Baron (Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)
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A Bill to make provision in relation to the presumed death of missing persons; and for connected purposes.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 26th March 2013 and was enacted into law.

Introduced: 20th June 2012

Lord Harrington of Watford (Conservative - Life peer)
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A Bill to create offences and make other provision relating to sub-letting and parting with possession of social housing; and for connected purposes.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 31st January 2013 and was enacted into law.

Introduced: 20th June 2012

Paul Beresford (Conservative - Mole Valley)
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A Bill to make provision about interference with wireless telegraphy in prisons and similar institutions.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 19th December 2012 and was enacted into law.

Introduced: 20th June 2012

Stuart Andrew (Conservative - Pudsey)
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A Bill to make provision for the destruction of certain property found in prisons and similar institutions.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 28th February 2013 and was enacted into law.

To make provision for public service pension schemes; and for connected purposes.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 25th April 2013 and was enacted into law.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 28th February 2013 and was enacted into law.

Introduced: 20th June 2012

Baroness Browning (Conservative - Life peer)
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Following agreement by both Houses on the text of the Bill it received Royal Assent on 28 February. The Bill is now an Act of Parliament (law). A Bill to amend the law relating to scrap metal dealers; and for connected purposes.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 28th February 2013 and was enacted into law.

Following agreement by both Houses on the text of the Bill it received Royal Assent on 19 December. The Bill is now an Act of Parliament (law).

This Bill received Royal Assent on 19th December 2012 and was enacted into law.

A Bill to promote the reform of the statute law by the repeal, in accordance with recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission, of certain enactments which (except in so far as their effect is preserved) are no longer of practical utility.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 31st January 2013 and was enacted into law.

Following agreement by both Houses on the text of the Bill it received Royal Assent on 25 April. The Bill is now an Act of Parliament (law). To make succession to the Crown not depend on gender; to make provision about Royal Marriages; and for connected purposes.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 25th April 2013 and was enacted into law.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 26th March 2013 and was enacted into law.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 17th July 2012 and was enacted into law.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 4th May 2016 and was enacted into law.

A Bill to amend the law relating to capital and income in trusts.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 31st January 2013 and was enacted into law.

To make provision relating to the up-rating of certain social security benefits and tax credits.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 26th March 2013 and was enacted into law.

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Introduced: 14th May 2012

Lord Empey (Ulster Unionist Party - Life peer)
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A Bill to amend the Airports Act 1986.

Introduced: 10th May 2012

Baroness Cox (Crossbench - Life peer)
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Second reading - the general debate on all aspects of the Bill - took place on 19 October.Committee stage - line by line examination of the Bill - is yet to be scheduled. A Bill to make further provision about arbitration and mediation services and the application of equality legislation to such services; to make provision about the protection of victims of domestic abuse; and for connected purposes.

A bill to provide that certain offences committed towards members of the armed forces shall be treated as aggravated; and for connected purposes

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A bill to establish a public register of organisations and individuals that carry out lobbying of Parliament, the Government and local authorities for financial gain; to introduce a code of conduct for those on the register; to introduce sanctions for non-registration and non-compliance with the code of conduct; and for connected purposes

Introduced: 12th September 2012

Paul Beresford (Conservative - Mole Valley)
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A Bill to make provision regarding arrangements for children involved in court cases; to make provision about the transparency, administration and accountability of courts and case conferences; to require the promotion of measures to assist families and such other persons as may be specified to reduce the cost of living through lower fuel bills; and for connected purposes.

A bill to repeal the Human Rights Act 1998 and related legislation; to make provision for a bill of rights and responsibilities to apply to the United Kingdom; and for connected purposes

A Bill to make provision about the property of deceased persons who are survived by a cohabitant.

Second reading - the general debate on all aspects of the Bill - took place on 9 November.Committee stage - line by line examination of the Bill - is yet to be scheduled. A Bill to make provision about the promotion of online safety; to require internet service providers and mobile phone operators to provide a service that excludes pornographic images; and to require electronic device manufacturers to provide a means of filtering content.

Introduced: 16th April 2013

Fiona Bruce (Conservative - Congleton)
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The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to require the Secretary of State to compile statistics on gender ratios of foetuses aborted in the United Kingdom, and where available overseas; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 16th January 2013

Lord Dholakia (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
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First reading took place on 16 January. This stage is a formality that signals the start of the Bill's journey through the Lords.Second reading - the general debate on all aspects of the Bill - is yet to be scheduled. A bill to raise the age of criminal responsibility; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 25th July 2012

Lord Sharkey (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
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To give a statutory pardon to Alan Mathison Turing for offences under section 11of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 of which he was convicted on 31 March 1952.

Introduced: 20th June 2012

John McDonnell (Labour - Hayes and Harlington)
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The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress.

Introduced: 21st November 2012

Alun Cairns (Conservative - Vale of Glamorgan)
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The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. Require the British Broadcasting Corporation to publish all invoices for amounts in excess of £500 each quarter; to allow unrestricted access to the Corporation’s accounts by the National Audit Office; and for connected purposes.

First reading took place on 13 December. This stage is a formality that signals the start of the Bill's journey through the Lords.Second reading - the general debate on all aspects of the Bill - is yet to be scheduled. A Bill to make provision for election of the BBC Trust Chairman by licence fee payers.

Introduced: 13th March 2013

Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North)
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The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to enable women to be consecrated as bishops in the Church of England; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 6th March 2013

Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)
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The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to establish a duty on schools and colleges in England with pupils aged 16 years and over to enable pupils to gain greater understanding of the processes and benefits of blood, organ and bone marrow donation; and for connected purposes.

The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to amend the Building Regulations (2010) to include regulation of external retainig and load-bearing walls; and for connected purposes.

The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A bill to require schools, together with local businesses and other sectors, to provide a comprehensive careers advice service to 12 to 16 year olds; and for connected purposes

The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to amend the Charities Act 2011 to treat all religious institutions as charities; and for connected purposes.

A bill to require courts, local authorities and other bodies, when determining or enforcing issues of residence and contact, to operate under the presumption that the rights of a child include the right to grow up knowing and having access to and contact with both of the parents involved in the residence or contact case concerned; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 9th January 2013

Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
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The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to amend the Children (Performances) Regulations 1968 to streamline opportunities for children to take part in performances; to reduce unnecessary regulation; to clarify when a licence is required; to strengthen the emphasis on protecting children; and for connected purposes.

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The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to consolidate Regulations relating to tenancies in the social and private housing sectors; and for connected purposes

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The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to enable schools to register as Industrial Provident Societies; to amend the Education Act 2006 to enable nursery schools to be established as school trusts; and for connected purposes.

The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to hold corporations criminally accountable for abuse and neglect in care settings; to make provision to compel any person or organisation to supply information to Adult Safeguarding Boards; and to introduce a new offence of corporate neglect whereby a corporate body can be found guilty if the way in which its activities are managed or organised by its board or senior management is a substantial element in the existence or possible occurrence of abuse or neglect.

The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to establish minimum standards for the practice of cosmetic surgery, including non-surgical procedures; and for connected purposes

Introduced: 27th November 2012

Yvonne Fovargue (Labour - Makerfield)
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A Bill to require credit card companies to discharge a debt when three times the equivalent of the principal sum owed has been paid in interest; and for connected purposes

Introduced: 22nd May 2012

Lord McColl of Dulwich (Conservative - Life peer)
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First reading took place on 22 May. This stage is a formality that signals the start of the Bill's journey through the Lords.Second reading - the general debate on all aspects of the Bill - is yet to be scheduled. A bill to make provision for the use of electric personal vehicles on highways.

The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A bill to require energy companies to provide the cheapest available tariff to customers aged 75 or over; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 11th December 2012

Alan Whitehead (Labour - Southampton, Test)
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The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to promote energy efficiency and a reduction in energy costs; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 23rd January 2013

Alan Whitehead (Labour - Southampton, Test)
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The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to amend the Energy Act 2011 to enable residents of houses in multiple occupation to benefit from the provisions in the Act designed to increase energy efficiency; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 22nd November 2012

Lord Field of Birkenhead (Crossbench - Life peer)
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The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to amend the Equality Act 2010 to remove discrimination against women in relation to consecration of bishops in the Church of England; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 29th January 2013

Edward Leigh (Conservative - Gainsborough)
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The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress.

The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to repeal the European Communities Act 1972 and related legislation; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 11th June 2012

Lord Teverson (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
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A Bill to amend the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002 so as to alter the method used in Great Britain and Gibraltar for electing Members of the European Parliament.

Introduced: 27th June 2012

William Cash (Conservative - Stone)
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The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A bill to apply the terms of the European Union Act 2011 such as to require approval by Act of Parliament and by referendum of provisions for creating a fiscal union or economic governance within the Eurozone.

Introduced: 31st October 2012

Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Conservative - Life peer)
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The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to disapply the European Union Free Movement Directive 2004/38/EC; and for connected purposes

The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A bill to require that companies’ remuneration committees have employee representation; to require that companies hold an annual binding shareholder vote on executive remuneration; and for connected purposes

Introduced: 15th May 2012

Lord Dubs (Labour - Life peer)
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First reading took place on 15 May. This stage is a formality that signals the start of the Bill's journey through the Lords.Second reading - the general debate on all aspects of the Bill - is yet to be scheduled. A Bill to make provision for members of the House of Lords to vote at elections to the House of Commons

Introduced: 7th November 2012

Andrea Leadsom (Conservative - South Northamptonshire)
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The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to require the Secretary of State to provide appropriate perinatal support to any family expecting a child who will be born on to the child protection register and for whom an adoption plan has not been made at the moment the child is entered on to the register; to require that a decision be made not later than one year after the child’s birth as to whether or not such a child will be adopted; and for connected purposes

The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A bill to make provision for the inclusion of financial literacy in the national curriculum; and for connected purposes

Introduced: 25th June 2012

Damian Collins (Conservative - Folkestone and Hythe)
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A bill to require a football club playing in the top four tiers of English and Scottish professional football to disclose the identity of its owner, the identity of the owner of its home playing ground, training ground, any intellectual property associated with the club or a third party stake in its players and the identities of outstanding creditors; to require all creditors of a football club to be compensated equally should the club go into administration; and for connected purposes

The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision to introduce free school meal arrangements for children over the age of 16 who attend colleges to bring them into line with arrangements for children who attend schools, academies and free schools; and for connected purposes

The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to introduce a principle that any financial arrangements made by a company or individual should not have as their primary purpose the avoidance of tax; to establish a statutory rule to apply in the assessment of such arrangements; and for connected purposes.

The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to amend the Insolvency Act 1986 to make purchasers of gift vouchers preferential creditors during the administration of a company; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 11th June 2012

Lord Lucas (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
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A Bill to enable the succession of female heirs to hereditary peerages, and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 17th May 2012

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (Conservative - Life peer)
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A Bill to ensure that higher education institutions in England, Wales and Scotland may not vary fees charged to British students based on a student's place of domicile and to require organisations using public funds to assist students in paying fees not to vary support based on a student's place of study within the United Kingdom.

A bill to require that mortgage interest rates paid by homeowners change by at least the same percentage as mortgage interest base rates; and for connected purposes

The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision for husbands and civil partners of those receiving honours to be allowed to use equivalent honorary titles to those available to women; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 30th January 2013

Gareth Thomas (Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West)
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The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to amend section 157 of the Housing Act 1985 to extend the use of local occupancy clauses to certain urban areas with the permission of the Secretary of State; to increase the qualifying period of local occupancy clauses from three years to either five or ten years; to place a duty on the Homes and Communities Agency and local authorities with housing and planning responsibilities to promote co-operative and mutual housing options and report annually in this regard; to require the Homes and Communities Agency, local authorities and the Land Registry to identify land available for housing development which has not been developed and to publish a report on the available options for development of housing on such land; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 15th May 2012

Lord McColl of Dulwich (Conservative - Life peer)
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A bill to make provision about human trafficking offences and exploitation, and about measures to prevent and combat human trafficking and provision of support for victims.

The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to amend the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 to require the Secretary of State to review levels of asylum support annually; to require him to lay before Parliament a draft up-rating order to increase levels of asylum support in line with changes made to mainstream benefits in years when the general level of prices has increased during the previous 12 month period; to replace support provided by the voucher system under subsections (10) and (11) of section 4 of the Act with a single, cash-based support system; and for connected purposes.

First reading took place on 11 December. This stage is a formality that signals the start of the Bill's journey through the Lords.Second reading - the general debate on all aspects of the Bill - is yet to be scheduled. A Bill to provide the framework for the appointment and functions of a Press Council to act independently and in the public interest to promote and protect freedom of expression, including freedom of the press, in communicating information and opinions to the public, to encourage and maintain professional standards and practices, and to provide redress for victims of professional misconduct; and for connected purposes.

First reading took place on 16 May. This stage is a formality that signals the start of the Bill's journey through the Lords.Second reading - the general debate on all aspects of the Bill - is yet to be scheduled. A bill permit the introduction of intercept evidence in certain criminal proceedings; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 20th June 2012

Mark Hendrick (Labour (Co-op) - Preston)
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The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision about the meeting by the United Kingdom of the target for official development assistance (ODA) to constitute 0.7 per cent of gross national income; to make provision for independent verification that ODA is spent efficiently and effectively; and for connected purposes.

The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to prohibit the advertising of long-term unpaid internships; to regulate conditions of employment for paid internships; and for connected purposes

Introduced: 25th June 2012

Caroline Lucas (Green Party - Brighton, Pavilion)
Private Members' Bill
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The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A bill to require local authorities to operate landlord accreditation schemes; to set those schemes according to minimum standards; and for connected purposes

Introduced: 25th June 2012

Caroline Lucas (Green Party - Brighton, Pavilion)
Private Members' Bill
Presentation Bill

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The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A bill to require the Secretary of State to commission a programme of research into the merits of replacing the Council Tax and Non-domestic rates in England with an annual levy on the unimproved value of all land, including transitional arrangements; to report to Parliament within 12 months of completion of the research; and for connected purposes

Introduced: 18th July 2012

Lord Marlesford (Conservative - Life peer)
Private Members' Bill
Lords

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First reading took place on 18 July. This stage is a formality that signals the start of the Bill's journey through the Lords.Second reading - the general debate on all aspects of the Bill - is yet to be scheduled. A bill to introduce a civil penalty for littering from vehicles and to require local authorities to publish details of contracts relating to litter clearance.

The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to require the Government to publish a list of the powers of local councils and a code of conduct defining the degree of autonomy attached to those powers and areas where a council may act autonomously; to create a mechanism to identify and adjudicate on breaches of the code by either central or local government; and for connected purposes.

The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to enable local planning authorities to require the granting of planning permission prior to the demolition or change of use of premises or land used or formerly used as a public house or local independent shop, to enable local planning authorities to require the granting of planning permission if premises or land will be used for a supermarket; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 12th December 2012

Lord Field of Birkenhead (Crossbench - Life peer)
Private Members' Bill
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The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision for filling vacancies among Lords Spiritual sitting and voting as Lords of Parliament.

Introduced: 15th May 2012

Lord Berkeley (Labour - Life peer)
Private Members' Bill
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A bill to make provision about marine navigation.

First reading took place on 16 May. This stage is a formality that signals the start of the Bill's journey through the Lords.Second reading - the general debate on all aspects of the Bill - is yet to be scheduled. A bill to amend the law on marriage to permit the Registrar General to permit certain charitable organisations to solemnise marriages.

Introduced: 3rd December 2012

Lord Saatchi (Conservative - Life peer)
Private Members' Bill
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First reading took place on 3 December. This stage is a formality that signals the start of the Bill's journey through the Lords.Second reading - the general debate on all aspects of the Bill - is yet to be scheduled. A Bill to make provision about innovation in medical treatment

A Bill to provide for the Standing Orders of the House of Lords to designate certain Members of the House of Lords as elected Peers.

A bill to make provision about discrimination against people on the grounds of their mental health.

Introduced: 25th June 2012

Caroline Lucas (Green Party - Brighton, Pavilion)
Private Members' Bill
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The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A bill to require the Secretary of State to make provision to limit energy contract roll-over for micro businesses to 30 days; and for connected purposes

Introduced: 12th December 2012

Geraint Davies (Independent - Swansea West)
Private Members' Bill
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The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to require multinational motor manufacturing companies to provide a duty of care to former employees in respect of pension provision

Introduced: 12th March 2013

Lord Evans of Rainow (Conservative - Life peer)
Private Members' Bill
Ten Minute Bill

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The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to introduce a national day to raise awareness of the contribution of Commonwealth countries in military action of Great Britain and the Overseas Territories; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 28th January 2013

Lord Owen (Independent Social Democrat - Life peer)
Private Members' Bill
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A Bill to re-establish the Secretary of State's legal duty as to the National Health Service in England, quangos and related bodies.

Introduced: 11th September 2012

Henry Smith (Conservative - Crawley)
Private Members' Bill
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The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to require the Secretary of State to instruct the National Health Service to record and audit the cost of treatment of individuals not entitled to free health care and of foreign nationals under the European Health Insurance Card Scheme and other reciprocal healthcare agreements; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to make provision for the establishment of a compulsory registration scheme for off-road mechanically propelled vehicles; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 25th June 2012

Matt Hancock (Independent - West Suffolk)
Private Members' Bill
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The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A bill to amend the Gambling Act 2005 to regulate remote gambling on a point of consumption basis; to require all operators selling into the British market, whether in the United Kingdom or overseas, to hold a Gambling Commission licence to enable them to undertake transactions with British consumers and to advertise in the United Kingdom; to provide that all relevant operators contribute to the Horserace Betting Levy; and for connected purposes

The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to give effect to Schedule 5 of the Localism Act 2011; to amend section 52ZC of the Government Finance Act 1992 (inserted by that Schedule) to require parish and town councils to conduct local referendums in the event that they choose to increase their precept by 2 per cent or more in the following financial year; and for connected purposes.

The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to amend the Planning Act 2008 to exempt planning applications for onshore wind farms producing 50 megawatts or more; to provide that they be referred for decision to local planning authorities; and for connected purposes

The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to provide that communities may appeal against planning decisions on collection of the signatures of a required percentage of the electorate in the relevant ward within a designated time period; and for connected purposes.

The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to enable local planning authorities to impose a mandatory financial penalty where planning permission has been deliberately breached; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to require local authorities to impose mandatory use of plastic glasses and bottles in licensed premises; and for connected purposes

Introduced: 5th September 2012

Rob Roberts (Independent - Delyn)
Private Members' Bill
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A Bill to require the Secretary of State to raise the level of debt below which pre-paid meter customers may change their energy supplier; and for connected purposes;

Introduced: 14th May 2012

Baroness Kramer (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Private Members' Bill
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A Bill to make provision for the declaration of presumed death of missing persons for the administration of the affairs of missing persons, and for connected purposes.

A Bill to amend the Price Marking Order 2004 to simplify, consolidate and improve price marking legislation; and for connected purposes.

The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to require the Secretary of State to amend legislation to allow for noise contours to be used as a measure of property blight caused by national infrastructure projects; and for connected purposes.

The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to create a specific offence relating to assault on those whose work brings them into face-to-face contact with members of the public; and for connected purposes.

The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to limit government budget deficits; to introduce a ceiling on public debt; and for connected purposes

Introduced: 27th June 2012

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (Conservative - Life peer)
Private Members' Bill
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The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A bill to permit voters to recall their elected representatives in specified circumstances; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 29th May 2012

Lord Willoughby de Broke (Non-affiliated - Excepted Hereditary)
Private Members' Bill
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Make provision for the holding of a referendum in the United Kingdom on the United Kingdom’s continued membership of the European Union.

The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to require the Secretary of State to introduce a regulatory regime for bailiffs which would preclude the making of multiple fee charges without explanation; to introduce guidelines for dealing with potentially vulnerable debtors; and for connected purposes

Introduced: 18th September 2012

Nick Smith (Labour - Blaenau Gwent)
Private Members' Bill
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The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision relating to signage and ticketing technology for parking charges used in publicly-available car parks; and for connected purposes

Introduced: 26th February 2013

Jeremy Corbyn (Independent - Islington North)
Private Members' Bill
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The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to provide for the regulation of letting agents; to protect tenants’ deposits; to require the enforcement of environmental and energy-efficiency standards in private-sector rented accommodation; to amend the law on secure tenancies; to provide for fair rent to be applicable to all rented accommodation; to require landlords not to discriminate against people in receipt of state benefits; to require local authorities to establish a private rented sector office; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 17th October 2012

Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North)
Private Members' Bill
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The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to require the Secretary of State to make provision to include relationship, drug and alcohol education in the national curriculum; and for connected purposes

Introduced: 20th November 2012

John McDonnell (Labour - Hayes and Harlington)
Private Members' Bill
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The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. Enable representation of a constituency by two persons sharing membership of the House of Commons; and for connected purposes

Introduced: 26th March 2013

Lord Berkeley (Labour - Life peer)
Private Members' Bill
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First reading took place on 26 March. This stage is a formality that signals the start of the Bill's journey through the Lords.Second reading - the general debate on all aspects of the Bill - is yet to be scheduled. A bill to amend the Sovereign Grant Act 2011; amend the succession to the title of the Duke of Cornwall; re-distribute the Duchy of Cornwall estate; and to remove the requirement for a Parliament to obtain Queen or Prince's consent to consideration of bills passing through Parliament.

The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to enable pupils in primary, middle, high and secondary schools to gain greater understanding of careers in science, technology and engineering; to establish a duty on schools to provide opportunities for pupils to gain such understanding; to provide for the establishment of advisory groups drawn from industry and relevant external bodies to assist schools in the provision of such opportunities; to require governing bodies of middle, secondary and high schools to include two local employers; to impose a duty on the Department for Education to ensure a database of national schemes providing relevant opportunities is established; to enable graduate level practitioners of science, technology, engineering and mathematics to teach these subjects in schools for limited periods without full teaching qualifications; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 20th June 2012

Barbara Keeley (Labour - Worsley and Eccles South)
Private Members' Bill
Ballot Bill

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The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress.

Introduced: 26th June 2012

Baroness Campbell of Surbiton (Crossbench - Life peer)
Private Members' Bill
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A bill to provide for the portability of care packages to promote independent living for disabled persons by local authorities in England and Wales; and for connected purposes.

The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to remove male-preference primogeniture in succession to hereditary peerages and estates.