A Bill to make provision for access to innovative medical treatments; and for connected purposes.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 23rd March 2016 and was enacted into law.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 12th May 2016 and was enacted into law.

A Bill to make provision about the registration of driving instructors.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 12th May 2016 and was enacted into law.

A Bill to consolidate and amend provisions about the House of Commons Members’ Fund; and to make provision about the House of Commons resources estimates.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 12th May 2016 and was enacted into law.

Introduced: 24th June 2015

Wendy Morton (Conservative - Aldridge-Brownhills)
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A Bill to make provision for, and in connection with, the removal of the Secretary of State’s powers under the National Health Service Act 2006 to appoint trustees; to make provision transferring to Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity the right to a royalty conferred by Schedule 6 to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988; and for connected purposes.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 23rd March 2016 and was enacted into law.

Introduced: 24th June 2015

Mike Wood (Conservative - Kingswinford and South Staffordshire)
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Introduced: 28th May 2015

Christopher Chope (Conservative - Christchurch)
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A Bill to make provision for the regulation of political opinion polling in the United Kingdom; and for connected purposes.

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 make provision about the greater accessibility of sports grounds; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 3rd June 2015

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe (Labour - Life peer)
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A bill to amend the Road Traffic Act 1988 to lower the prescribed limit of alcohol in relation to driving or being in charge of a vehicle; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 1st June 2015

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (Crossbench - Life peer)
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A Bill to make provision for equitable access to palliative care services; for advancing education, training and research in palliative care; and for connected purposes

Introduced: 6th July 2015

Christopher Chope (Conservative - Christchurch)
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A Bill to make provision to facilitate an increase in the registration of voters resident overseas who are eligible to participate in United Kingdom Parliamentary elections; to extend the criteria for eligibility to register as an overseas voter; to enable those registered as overseas voters to cast their votes through use of the internet; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to amend the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 to require that residential rented accommodation is provided and maintained in a state of fitness for human habitation; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to make provision for exempting carers from hospital car parking charges; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 6th July 2015

Christopher Chope (Conservative - Christchurch)
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A Bill to make provision for criminal sanctions against those who have entered the UK illegally or who have remained in the UK without legal authority.

A Bill to make provision for a scheme for the triggering and holding of a local area referendum to approve a proposed sale of or including school playing fields by a local education authority or state-funded school; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 2nd June 2015

Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench - Life peer)
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A Bill to amend the Mesothelioma Act 2014.

To re-establish the Secretary of State’s legal duty as to the National Health Service in England and to make provision about the other duties of the Secretary of State in that regard; to make provision about the administration and accountability of the National Health Service in England; to repeal section 1 of the National Health Service (Private Finance) Act 1997 and sections 38 and 39 of the Immigration Act 2014; to make provision about the application of international law in relation to health services in the United Kingdom; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 24th June 2015

Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour - Torfaen)
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A Bill to require the Secretary of State to seek licences for off-patent drugs in new indications; to require the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to conduct technology appraisals for off-patent drugs in new indications; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to make provision about the promotion of online safety; to require internet service providers and mobile phone operators to provide an internet service that excludes adult content; to require electronic device manufacturers to provide a means of filtering internet content; to make provision for parents to be educated about online safety and for the regulation of harmful material through on-demand programme services.

Introduced: 3rd June 2015

Lord Clement-Jones (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
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A bill to make provision about the categorisation and use of B2 gaming machines; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to require public consultation to be carried out in local areas where the sale of park or playing field land owned by a public body is proposed; to require referendums on such proposals in certain circumstances; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 2nd June 2015

Lord Dubs (Labour - Life peer)
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A Bill to make provision for the presumption against the granting of planning permission in respect of subterranean development where certain conditions apply; and for connected purposes

A Bill to make provision for the resolution of disputes concerning the location or placement of the boundaries and private rights of way relating to the title of an estate in land; and for connected purposes

Introduced: 3rd June 2015

Lord Wills (Labour - Life peer)
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A bill to establish a public Advocate to provide advice to, and act as data controller for, representatives of the deceased after major incidents.

Introduced: 24th June 2015

Vicky Foxcroft (Labour - Lewisham North)
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A Bill to reduce the voting age to 16 in general elections, elections to the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales, the Northern Ireland Assembly and the European Parliament, local government elections and referendums; to make provision about young people’s education in citizenship and the constitution; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to amend Part VI of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, and the Local Authorities’ Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England and Wales) Regulations 1996, to make provision about the powers and duties of parish and town councils in relation to applying for speed limit orders; to provide for the conduct of local referendums to determine whether such applications should be made; and for connected purposes

Introduced: 2nd June 2015

Lord Trefgarne (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
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A bill to amend the law regarding succession to peerages; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 1st June 2015

Lord Purvis of Tweed (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
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A Bill to make provision for a convention to consider the constitution of the United Kingdom; and for connected purposes

Introduced: 2nd June 2015

Lord Dholakia (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
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A bill to raise the age of criminal responsibility; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 28th May 2015

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

A Bill to require ministers to carry out an assessment of the impact of government policies on families by giving statutory effect to the family test; to place a duty on the Secretary of State to make a report on the costs and benefits of requiring local authorities to carry out equivalent tests on their policies; to require the Secretary of State to establish, and make an annual report on, indicators of and targets for the government’s performance in promoting family stability; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to enable competent adults who are terminally ill to choose to be provided with medically supervised assistance to end their own life; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 6th July 2015

Christopher Chope (Conservative - Christchurch)
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A Bill to make provision to enhance the protection available for bat habitats in the non built environment and to limit the protection for bat habitats in the built environment where the presence of bats has a significant adverse impact upon the users of buildings.

Introduced: 6th July 2015

Christopher Chope (Conservative - Christchurch)
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A Bill to make provision to restrict the entitlement of non-UK Citizens from the European Union and the European Economic Area to taxpayer-funded benefits.

A Bill to require the provision of Emergency First Aid (EFA) education by all state-funded secondary schools; to require that EFA education include cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillator awareness; to provide for initial and continuing teacher education and guidance on best practice for delivering and inspecting EFA education; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 2nd June 2015

Lord McColl of Dulwich (Conservative - Life peer)
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A Bill to prohibit the advertising of prostitution; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 1st June 2015

Lord Marlesford (Conservative - Life peer)
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A Bill to make provision for the introduction of a new set of council tax valuation bands to apply to all dwellings bought or sold after 1 April 2000

Introduced: 3rd June 2015

Lord Lexden (Conservative - Life peer)
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A bill to make provision about direct planning pilot schemes; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to reform the law of England relating to Easter trading; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 6th July 2015

Christopher Chope (Conservative - Christchurch)
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A Bill to make provision for an open list system for elections to the European Parliament.

Introduced: 7th July 2015

Clive Efford (Labour - Eltham and Chislehurst)
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A Bill to require football clubs to offer for sale to their supporters a specified percentage of shares in the club upon a change of ownership; to require that a minimum number of places on the club’s board be set aside for election by a qualifying supporters’ organisation; to define what constitutes a qualifying supporters’ organisation; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to make provision about urban air quality targets; to require vehicle emissions targets and testing to reflect on-road driving conditions; to provide powers for local authorities to establish low diesel emissions zones and pedestrian-only areas; to restrict the use of roads in urban centres by diesel vehicles; to make provision about the promotion of the development of electric tram systems and buses and taxis powered by liquefied petroleum gas in urban centres; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 9th June 2015

Baroness Falkner of Margravine (Crossbench - Life peer)
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A bill to make provision about the approval required for deployment of Her Majesty's Armed Forces by the Prime Minister in the event of conflict overseas

Introduced: 4th June 2015

Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Labour - Life peer)
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A Bill to enable competent adults who are terminally ill to be provided at their request with specified assistance to end their own life; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 8th December 2015

Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale)
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A Bill to make provision about the award of asylum-seeker status in the United Kingdom to certain unaccompanied children from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and Eritrea displaced by conflict and present within the European Union; and for connected purposes.

A bill to impose certain duties upon Her Majesty's Government to ensure the accuracy, completeness and utility of electoral registers; to make provision for the sharing of data for the purposes of electoral registration; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 3rd February 2016

Siobhain McDonagh (Labour - Mitcham and Morden)
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A Bill to impose certain duties upon Her Majesty’s Government to ensure the accuracy, completeness and utility of electoral registers; to make provision for the sharing of data for the purposes of electoral registration; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to restrict the application of permitted development rights; to grant local planning authorities powers to restrict the size and depth of basement excavations underneath or adjacent to residential properties; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to make provision to enhance the protection available for bat habitats in the non-built environment and to limit the protection for bat habitats in the built environment where the presence of bats has a significant adverse impact upon the users of buildings

Introduced: 9th February 2016

Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale)
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A Bill to make provision about the conditions to be met by male blood donors, including removing the restrictions relating to blood donation from men who have sexual intercourse with men; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 30th June 2015

Lord Rooker (Labour - Life peer)
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A bill to amend the Bread and Flour Regulations 1998 to require flour to be fortified with folic acid.

A Bill to amend the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 to provide for the lawful production, packaging, marketing, sale, purchase, possession and consumption of herbal cannabis in specific circumstances by certain persons; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 10th June 2015

Baroness Tyler of Enfield (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
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A Bill to entitle employees to take a period of leave to fulfil certain caring responsibilities in respect of dependants; and for connected purposes

A bill to make provision for ending the liability of lay rectors for the repair of chancels, and for connected purposes.

A Bill to make provision about the integration of the duties and powers of civil enforcement officers and of traffic wardens with respect to the issuing of fixed penalty notices for additional offences; and for connected purposes.

A Bill To amend the Civil Partnership Act 2004 to provide that opposite sex couples mayenter into a civil partnership; and for connected purposes.

A bill to raise the penalty for littering offences; to provide for an offence that relates to allowing a dog to foul the land; and to require local authorities to provide appropriate and convenient litter disposal points.

Introduced: 4th June 2015

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
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A Bill to provide certain protections for persons who live together as a couple or have lived together as a couple; and to make provision about the property of deceased persons who are survived by a cohabitant; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to clarify the extent to which a medical practitioner with a conscientious objection may refrain from participating in certain medical activities; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to make provision for a convention to consider the constitution of the United Kingdom; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to require distance sellers to provide purchasers with a lowest available delivery cost option; to introduce a scheme for a fair delivery quality mark for responsible retailers; to establish penalties where vendors advertise free delivery but subsequently impose charges or conditions; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to make provision about the standards of fire resistance, and relevant labelling requirements, in relation to children's fancy dress and play costumes; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 6th July 2015

Christopher Chope (Conservative - Christchurch)
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A Bill to make provision for rules relating to the exclusion of convicted prisoners from participation in parliamentary and local elections.

A Bill to amend the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 to provide that a person who dies while deprived of their liberty under Schedule A1 to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 shall not be considered to have died while in custody or otherwise in state detention for the purposes of section 1 of the 2009 Act; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 16th July 2015

Andy McDonald (Labour - Middlesbrough and Thornaby East)
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A Bill to amend the Criminal Appeal Act 1995 to make provision about supplementary powers for the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) to secure information from public bodies; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to make provision to strengthen penalties related to serious criminal driving offences that lead to serious injury or death; to redefine such offences and amend bail conditions for those charged with them; to enhance the standards of investigation, both by the police and in the Courts, into such offences; to improve the treatment of victims of such offences and their families within the justice system; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 9th March 2016

Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
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A Bill to consolidate offences relating to the misuse of digital devices, technologies, systemsand services for the purposes of committing or preparing to commit or aiding, abetting, facilitating or concealing the commission of a crime or disposal of theproceeds of a crime; to make provision reflecting technological advancements, including the training of criminal justice personnel; to establish a duty for theSecretary of State to provide advice and guidance to the digital andtelecommunications services industry aimed at reducing the misuse of digitaltechnologies for criminal purposes; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to provide that Crown tenancies may be assured tenancies for the purposes of the Housing Act 1988, subject to certain exceptions; to modify the assured tenancies regime in relation to certain Crown tenancies; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to make provision for the abolition of the Department of Energy and Climate Change and for its functions to be absorbed into the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

A Bill to devolve to Welsh Ministers responsibility for the determination of specified bank holidays in Wales; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 8th September 2015

Gareth Thomas (Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West)
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A Bill to require the Secretary of State to make provision for extending the autonomy of the government of London, in particular in relation to duties and powers for the Greater London Authority (GLA) in respect of income tax, property tax and valuation, other fiscal matters, economic management including a London minimum wage and its enforcement, housing policy and planning, the regulation of rents chargeable within the private residential housing sector and skills and employment training; the devolution of responsibilities for health and the NHS in London to the GLA and appropriate London authorities; the Secretary of State to consult the Mayor about decisions on justice and education expenditure, administration and policy as they relate to London and mandatory membership for the Mayor or his representative of the boards of certain public bodies with responsibilities affecting London; to require proposals for extending the autonomy of the government of London to be approved by the residents of Greater London in a referendum before they may come into force; to make provision for such a referendum; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 4th June 2015

Baroness Deech (Crossbench - Life peer)
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A Bill to amend the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 and make provision in connection with financial settlements following divorce.

Introduced: 10th June 2015

Lord Berkeley (Labour - Life peer)
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A Bill to amend the succession to the title of the Duke of Cornwall, to remove the presumption of Crown Immunity applying to the Duchy of Cornwall, to remove various powers, exemptions and immunities from the Duchy of Cornwall, to confirm the right to Royal Mines within Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly vests in the Crown, to provide the right to Treasure Trove, bona vacantia and escheat within Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly lies with the Crown and to provide that any attorney or solicitor appointed in the affairs of the Duchy of Cornwall shall be called to the Bar or hold a practising certificate as appropriate; and for connected purposes

A Bill to make provision about the establishment by the Secretary of State of an independent review of the operation of the Employment Rights Act 1996 in relation to the determination of employment status and dispute resolution mechanisms for employers and employees relating thereto; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to provide for an English National Anthem for use at sporting events that involve individuals or teams representing England; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 11th June 2015

Lord Blencathra (Conservative - Life peer)
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A Bill to amend the Equality Act 2010 to improve step-free access to public buildings for wheelchair users

Introduced: 4th June 2015

Lord Balfe (Conservative - Life peer)
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A Bill to make provision to allow European Union citizens who are resident in the United Kingdom to vote in parliamentary elections and to become members of Parliament; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 8th June 2015

Lord Dykes (Crossbench - Life peer)
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First reading took place on 8 June. 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.The 2015/16 session of parliament has ended and this Bill will make no further progress. A bill to make provision for information to be available in various public places relating to the activities and organisation of the European Union; to make provision for the flying of the flag of the European Union on various government and public buildings; to provide information to further the establishment of twinning arrangements between towns in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in the European Union in accordance with the European Union’s town twinning support scheme; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to make it an offence to be found in possession of, or to use, certain articles or substances capable of causing injury or behaviour likely to lead to injury at, or in transit towards, certain events, concerts or festivals or other public gatherings; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to require the labelling of farm produce sold in the UK to include country of origin and whether produced in accordance with designated animal welfare standards; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 9th September 2015

Kerry McCarthy (Labour - Bristol East)
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A Bill to require the Secretary of State to make provision for a scheme to establish incentives to implement and encourage observance of the food waste reduction hierarchy; to encourage individuals, businesses and public bodies to reduce the amount of food they waste; to require large supermarkets, manufacturers and distributors to reduce their food waste by no less than 30 per cent by 2025 and to enter into formal agreements with food redistribution organisations; to require large supermarkets and food manufacturers to disclose levels of food waste in their supply chain; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to place a duty on the forensic science regulator to establish a code of practice and conduct for the providers and practitioners of forensic linguistics in the criminal justice system; to make provision about the required scientific quality standards for the discipline; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to require the Secretary of State to measure and regulate the impact of unconventional gas extraction on air and water quality and on greenhouse gas emissions; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to amend the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to remove provisions permitting Ministers to overrule decisions of the Information Commissioner and Information Tribunal; to limit the time allowed for public authorities to respond to requests involving consideration of the public interest; to extend the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to cover private companies, social enterprises and charities contracted to carry out work for public authorities and the Royal Household; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to provide local authorities with the duties and powers required to identify and automatically register all children eligible for free school meals; to provide for an opt-out where the family wishes; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 10th November 2015

Lord Austin of Dudley (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
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A Bill to establish a target for the relocation of central government functions, offices and staff from London to other parts of the United Kingdom; to make provision for implementation, monitoring and performance reporting against such a target; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 10th May 2016

Lord Mackinlay of Richborough (Conservative - Life peer)
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A Bill to amend section 33 of the Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847 to allow local authorities to proscribe, in certain circumstances, the transport of live animals for slaughter abroad via facilities that local authorities control and operate; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 24th June 2015

James Cleverly (Conservative - Braintree)
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A Bill to confer further powers on the Health and Safety Executive.

A Bill to make provision to reduce inequalities in the commissioning of health services for people with mental illness and learning disabilities; to require commissioners of health services for people with mental illness and learning disabilities to make an annual report to the Secretary of State on the equality of service provision to, and the health outcomes for, such people and of their qualitative experience of health care services; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to make provision to reduce inequalities in the health care received by people with mental illness and people with learning disabilities; to require commissioners of health services to make an annual report to the Secretary of State on the equality of service provision to, and the health outcomes for, such people and of their qualitative experience of health care services; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to require information to be made available to prospective undergraduate students about what is provided to students for the tuition fees charged, how tuition fee resources are expended and what is expected of students; to establish transparency in how tuition fees are spent; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to make provision for the prioritisation of maintenance of unclassified roads; the management of heavy commercial vehicle traffic; the regulation of the use of certain roads by such vehicles; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 6th July 2015

Christopher Chope (Conservative - Christchurch)
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A Bill to provide for a maximum limit on the number of Peers entitled to vote in the House of Lords; and to provide for a moratorium on new appointments.

Introduced: 17th November 2015

Edward Leigh (Conservative - Gainsborough)
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A Bill to amend the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 to make provision for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority to be responsible for determining, paying, maintaining oversight of, and adjudicating complaints relating to, the allowances, expenses and financial interests of members of the House of Lords; to amend the House of Lords Reform Act 2014 to provide for the compulsory retirement of members of the House of Lords under certain conditions; to make provision for the reduction of the number of members in the House of Lords; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 26th April 2016

Lord Hanson of Flint (Labour - Life peer)
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A Bill to amend the House of Lords Act 1999 to remove the section 2 exception under which 90 persons have the right to sit, speak and vote in the House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to require Schedule 8 disruption payments between Network Rail and train operating companies to be allocated to specified projects aimed at increasing the quality, value for money or reliability of passengers’ experience of railway travel and associated services; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 10th June 2015

Lord Lipsey (Labour - Life peer)
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A Bill to amend the International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Act 2015 in order to provide for a five year reporting period instead of an annual reporting period

A Bill to require the Secretary of State to consider, before providing development assistance, its likely impact on population dynamics

A Bill to require scrutiny of and enable amendments to international trade agreements, including investor state dispute settlements, by the European and UK Parliaments; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to make provision about the regulation of landlords and private rented accommodation; to extend tenants’ rights, particularly in relation to the sale of occupied rental property; to cap letting agents’ fees; to require the Mayor of London to establish a mandatory licensing scheme in respect of private landlords in Greater London; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to make the sale, ownership and use of portable laser emitting devices with output power of more than 1 milliwatt unlawful in certain circumstances; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to amend the Local Government Finance Act 1992 to make provision for collecting information about tenure and the details of private landlords; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to make provision about the recording of the names of the mother of each party to a marriage or civil partnership for registration purposes; to make provision for requiring such information to be displayed on marriage certificates and civil partnership certificates; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to make provision about the registration of marriages.

Introduced: 8th June 2015

Lord Saatchi (Conservative - Life peer)
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A bill to make provision about innovation in medical treatment.

A Bill to amend the Mental Health Act 1983 to make further provision for powers and responsibilities of independent mental health advocates for qualifying patients in England; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 2nd February 2016

Alistair Carmichael (Liberal Democrat - Orkney and Shetland)
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A Bill to make provision about the disclosure of the quality of mobile telecommunications network coverage by providers and establish penalties for non-compliance; to provide recourse for consumers who enter contracts for such services that do not perform as advertised; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to require certain multinational enterprises to include, within their annual financial reporting, specified information prepared in accordance with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's requirements for Country-by-Country reporting; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to establish an independent commission to examine the future of the National Health Service and the social care system; to take evidence; to report its conclusions to Parliament; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 9th September 2015

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green Party - Life peer)
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First reading took place on 9 September. 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.The 2015/16 session of parliament has ended and this Bill will make no further progress. A bill to make provision for the setting of biodiversity and other targets; to establish aNatural Capital Committee; to require local authorities to maintain local ecologicalnetwork strategies; to identify species threatened with extinction; for access to qualitynatural green space; and to include education about the natural environment in thecurriculum for maintained schools.

Introduced: 13th October 2015

Andy McDonald (Labour - Middlesbrough and Thornaby East)
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A Bill to make provision about liability for negligence in relation to psychiatric illness; toamend the law relating to damages in respect of personal injuries and death; and forconnected purposes.

A Bill to make provision for the dissolution of a marriage or civil partnership when each party has separately made a declaration that the marriage or civil partnership has irretrievably broken down without a requirement by either party to satisfy the Court of any other facts; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 6th July 2015

Christopher Chope (Conservative - Christchurch)
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A Bill to make provision for the limitation of subsidies for the development and operation of off-shore wind farms.

A Bill to establish the right of schools and academies to challenge the timing and format of schools inspections; to appeal against the outcomes of such inspections; to make provision about increasing accountability and quality assurance within the school inspection system; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 24th June 2015

Lilian Greenwood (Labour - Nottingham South)
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A Bill to require the appropriate regulatory authority of on-demand audiovisual programme services to draw up a Code relating to the provision of subtitles, signing and audio-description for persons with disabilities affecting their hearing or their sight or both; to require the appropriate regulatory authority to consult before issuing any such Code; to make provision for minimum requirements to be included in the Code; to require that on-demand programme services providers observe the requirements of the Code; to provide for regular consultation about and review of the minimum requirements; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to require for the NHS to provide information about ovarian cancer symptoms when informing women about the results of cervical smear tests; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to require the Secretary of State to provide that Personal, Social, Health and Economic education (PSHE) be a statutory requirement for all state-funded schools; for PSHE to include Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) and education on ending violence against women and girls; to provide for initial and continuing teacher education and guidance on best practice for delivering and inspecting PSHE and SRE education; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to amend the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (the "1990 Act") to establish additional factors, including environmental performance, health and safety and maintenance costs, as matters to be taken into account by the Secretary of State in considering whether to include, retain or release a building, or part thereof, in or from a list compiled or approved under the 1990 Act due to its architectural or historic interest; to make provision about excluding parts of buildings and structures within their curtilage from such lists; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 9th June 2015

Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Labour - Life peer)
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Introduced: 26th January 2016

Gareth Thomas (Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West)
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A Bill to make provision about the entitlement of employees to benefit from profits made by their employers in certain circumstances; to require a company to allocate one seat on its board to an employee representative; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to require the creation of a register of owners of property in the Greater London area, including details of the name of the owner of each property and the name of the beneficiary owner in the case of properties owned by a trust or similar body; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to make provision about guidance to local authorities on when to take enforcement action for breaches of planning law; to clarify guidance on the scope of permitted development rights; to make provision about rights and entitlements, including of appeal, for people whose homes are affected by such breaches; to make provision for the inspection and regulation of building under the permitted development regime; to establish financial penalties for developers who breach planning law in certain circumstances; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 21st July 2015

David Davis (Conservative - Goole and Pocklington)
Private Members' Bill
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A Bill to require the Secretary of State to make provision about obligations on wind farm operators in respect of financial cover for potential liabilities arising from cause of public nuisance; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to promote public ownership of public services; to introduce a presumption in favour of service provision by public sector and not-for-profit entities; and to put in place mechanisms to increase the accountability, transparency and public control of public services, including those operated by private companies.

A Bill to require the Secretary of State to assume control of passenger rail franchises when they come up for renewal; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 8th June 2015

Baroness Janke (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Private Members' Bill
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A bill to allow local authorities which have opted for a mayor and cabinet executive in a referendum to hold further referendums under Part 1A of the Local Government Act 2000.

A bill to amend the franchise for referendums in the United Kingdom to include all citizens of 16 years of age and over.

A Bill to make provision about the use of bailiffs and other enforcement agents by local authorities to collect council tax arrears; to establish a code of practice for enforcement agents; to create an independent bailiffs ombudsman to administer the code and to investigate and adjudicate complaints; and for connected purposes.

Introduced: 16th June 2015

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Labour - Life peer)
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A Bill to require Her Majesty's Government to introduce a Bill to regulate health and social care professions

A Bill to amend the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; and for connected purposes

A bill to create a right to die at home.

A Bill to require the Secretary of State to establish a scheme under which UK-based providers of mobile satellite navigation services must offer their customers incentives to provide real-time updates on route suitability and traffic management measures; and for connected purposes.

A Bill to establish a mechanism by which the Scottish Government, Scottish Parliament and a majority of Members representing Scottish constituencies may jointly determine further powers and responsibilities to be devolved to Scotland; and for connected purposes.