Presentation Bills (PMBs) of the 2019-21 Session


3 Bills progressed beyond Second Reading in the first house

These bills have passed the first substantive debate on the initial draft of the Bill (Second Reading) and are now in the process of review and amendment of bill text by a Bill Committee. For the Commons, Bill Committees are formed of around 20 MPs, whereas in the Lords, a Committee of the Whole House is usually formed.

For Commons Private Members Bills, the most difficult hurdle is to pass Second Reading, due to lack of time for the debate. Since 1986, every Government Bill has passed Second Reading.


A Bill to amend the Mobile Homes Act 1983; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 40%

Last Event - 2nd Reading
Friday 23rd October 2020
(Read Debate)

A Bill to make provision for the carrying out of the functions of the Prime Minister in the event that a Prime Minister, or a person temporarily carrying out the functions of the Prime Minister, is incapacitated; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 40%

Last Event - 2nd Reading
Friday 19th March 2021

A Bill to limit exit payments made by public sector organisations to employees; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 40%

Last Event - 2nd Reading
Friday 13th March 2020

91 Bills in initial stages

These bills have been laid before Parliament, but have not begun the Bill Process. A Short Title and Long Title (summary) of the Bill will have been provided, though a full text of the Bill may not have been tabled.

For Commons Private Members' Bills, unless a high position on the Order Paper has been secured for the Second Reading Debate (or unanimous consent is expected), it is unlikely that the Bill will progress further from this point. Often only Ballot Bills (which have priority for Second Reading) will have the opportunity to progress.


A Bill to make provision for the removal of restrictions on principal local authorities in England to set levels of council tax; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to amend the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 to make provision about the number and size of parliamentary constituencies in the United Kingdom; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to require a Minister to move a motion in the House of Commons seeking to establish a select committee to monitor Overseas Development Assistance expenditure by government departments.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Wednesday 16th September 2020

A Bill to make provision about the restructuring of urgent care facilities in North Northamptonshire; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to require the Secretary of State to make non-gender-specific passports available to non-gendered, non-binary and other people who do not identify as, or exclusively as, male or female.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Tuesday 14th July 2020

A Bill to make provision for an independent audit of the costs and benefits of meeting the requirement under the Climate Change Act 2008 for net United Kingdom carbon emissions to be zero by 2050; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to require expenditure on mental health services and on health services for veterans and members of the armed forces to be identified separately in National Health Service expenditure plans and outturns; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Tuesday 25th February 2020

A Bill to make provision for co-funding and for the extension of co-payment for NHS services in England; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to require the use of published criteria to determine whether mobile homes and park homes are liable for council tax or non-domestic rates; to make provision in relation to the residential status of such homes; to amend the Mobile Home Acts; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to amend the law on marriage to permit authorised belief organisations to solemnise marriages; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Thursday 22nd October 2020

A Bill to make provision about the maintenance and repair of roads by local authorities in England; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to require local authorities to operate a committee system of internal governance; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to set targets for the reduction of plastic pollution; to require the Secretary of State to publish a strategy and annual reports on plastic pollution reduction; to establish an advisory committee on plastic pollution; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Thursday 5th November 2020

A Bill to make provision about the acquisition of land and property by local authorities in England outside their own local authority boundaries; to limit the power of local authorities to invest in commercial risk-taking enterprises; to limit public borrowing by local authorities for non-core activities; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to make provision for an annual national public holiday on the Friday nearest to 23 June; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Wednesday 4th March 2020
(Read Debate)

A Bill to repeal provisions for the compulsory retirement of holders of judicial office on the grounds of age; to remove upper age limits for appointment to judicial office; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to impose duties relating to the completion of the Isham Bypass; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to place a duty on the Secretary of State to ensure that all children eligible for free school meals have a broadband connection and facilities to access the internet at home; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 15th June 2020

A Bill to make provision to require cost-benefit analysis and independent audit before payments are made by the Government to a foreign country or international organisation; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to require the Secretary of State to report on the use of official development assistance to increase the availability of women’s sanitary products; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Wednesday 4th March 2020

A Bill to make provision about the definition of international development assistance; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to create offences in respect of persons who have entered the UK illegally or who have remained in the UK without legal authority; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to make provision for the creation of secure safe houses for children that have been subject to human trafficking; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to make provision for the reduction of stamp duty rates on residential property.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to make provision for the expiration of the Working Time Regulations 1998; to provide for regulations governing working time; to make provision about holiday pay for employees; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to prohibit persons from being registered to vote in Parliamentary elections at more than one address; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to establish a right to specialist sexual violence and abuse support services for victims of sexual, violent and domestic abuse; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Tuesday 10th March 2020

A Bill to enable the maximum turnover threshold for exemption from the requirement to register for VAT to be raised; to make provision for the exemption of certain goods and services from liability to VAT; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to repeal the Vagrancy Act 1824.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Wednesday 18th March 2020

A Bill to amend the Welfare Reform Act 2012 to provide that a Universal Credit claimant may not be sanctioned for refusing work on a zero hours contract; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to require the Secretary of State to report annually on restrictions on access by UK nationals to Tibet in comparison with other regions of China; to make provision to deny persons involved in imposing such restrictions permission to enter the UK; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 6th July 2020

A Bill to require the Government to publish an annual review of the net yield to HM Treasury of tax rates and duties levied, including estimates of the impact on yield of changes to rates of those taxes and duties; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to make the breach of certain rules relating to sub-letting rented accommodation a criminal offence; to make provision for criminal sanctions in respect of unauthorised sub-letting; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to limit the rate of interest chargeable on outstanding student loan debt; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to make provision about the forgiveness or discharge of student loan debt in certain circumstances; to make provision about the treatment of student loan debt in bankruptcy proceedings; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to require persons bringing claims or proceedings under the Human Rights Act 1998 to satisfy a test of reasonableness and equity; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to prohibit permanent derogations from a 30 mile per hour speed limit in built-up areas in England; to make provision for the circumstances in which speed limits below 30 miles per hour may be introduced; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to require courts to impose community sentences on women offenders unless they have committed a serious or violent offence and pose a threat to the public; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Tuesday 3rd March 2020

A Bill to amend the Scotland Act 1998 to provide that Members of the House of Commons may not be Members of the Scottish Parliament; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Thursday 25th March 2021

A Bill to require the Secretary of State to publish guidance for state-funded schools on allowing pupil access to toilets during lessons; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Tuesday 3rd March 2020

A Bill to enable schools to select pupils on the basis of published criteria; to allow schools to determine maximum class sizes; to remove restrictions on the expansion of the number of pupils in schools and on the creation of new schools; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to make provision about the availability of public services during weekday evenings, at weekends and on bank holidays; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to make provision for the privatisation of the British Broadcasting Corporation and Channel 4; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to prohibit anti-abortion protests within 150 metres of abortion clinics; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Wednesday 11th March 2020

A Bill to impose duties on the Prime Minister relating to accountability to the House of Commons; to require the Prime Minister to be available to answer questions in that House on at least two occasions during a sitting week except in specified circumstances; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to repeal sections 60, 60AA and 60A of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 in so far as they apply to England and Wales.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Wednesday 24th June 2020

A Bill to require children under 16 to wear a safety helmet when riding a bicycle on a public highway; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to amend the Equality Act 2010 to permit political parties to use all-ethnic-minority shortlists for the selection of election candidates.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Wednesday 14th October 2020

A Bill to authorise the repayment of fees for driving tests delayed as a result of an emergency.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Tuesday 2nd February 2021

A Bill to require the Secretary of State to ensure that domestic properties have a minimum energy performance rating of C on an Energy Performance Certificate; to give the Secretary of State powers to require persons to take action in pursuance of that duty; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Tuesday 14th July 2020

A Bill to reduce Value Added Tax on domestic energy bills; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to make provision for the reduction of burdens resulting from legislation for businesses or other organisations or for individuals; to make provision for the repeal or amendment of regulations; to make provision about the exercise of regulatory powers and functions; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to make provision for independent audits of the costs and benefits of the decarbonisation of road transport, and of the regulation of the sale and production of petrol, diesel and hybrid cars; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to place duties on the Secretary of State to decarbonise the United Kingdom economy and to reverse inequality; to establish a ten-year economic and public investment strategy in accordance with those duties which promotes a community- and employee-led transition from high-carbon to low- and zero-carbon industry; to require the Government to report on its adherence to the strategy; to establish higher environmental standards for air, water and green spaces; to make provision to protect and restore natural habitats; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Tuesday 7th July 2020

A Bill to make provision about private prosecutions in cases of suspected criminal fraud in certain circumstances; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to make provision in connection with coronavirus; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Wednesday 24th March 2021

A Bill to require the Prime Minister to establish a public inquiry into the Government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Wednesday 22nd July 2020

A Bill to require the Prime Minister to achieve climate and ecology objectives; to give the Secretary of State a duty to create and implement a strategy to achieve those objectives; to establish a Citizens’ Assembly to work with the Secretary of State in creating that strategy; to give duties to the Committee on Climate Change regarding the objectives and strategy; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Wednesday 2nd September 2020

A Bill to allow a person who is age 18 or older on the day of a parliamentary or local election to stand as a candidate; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to prohibit charges for the use of cash machines; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Wednesday 2nd September 2020

A Bill to amend the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 to remove planning permission requirements for caravan site licence applicants; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to create an independent body to monitor broadcasting impartiality at the British Broadcasting Corporation; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to make provision about requirements for non-UK citizens seeking leave to enter the United Kingdom; to make provision about a process for the removal from the United Kingdom of non-UK citizens, in certain circumstances and on the basis of established criteria; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to make provision to restrict the entitlement of non-UK citizens to publicly-funded benefits and services; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to make provision to decriminalise the non-payment of the BBC licence fee.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to make provision 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; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to make provision for asylum seekers to challenge the proportionality of a proposed eviction from accommodation before an independent court or tribunal; to establish asylum seeker accommodation eviction procedures for public authorities; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to make provision for guidance to schools about reducing anxiety about environmental concerns among pupils and staff; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to place a duty on the Secretary of State to reduce anxiety about environmental concerns among the general population; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to prohibit the automated purchase and resale of games consoles and computer components; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Wednesday 3rd February 2021

A Bill to amend Part 3 of the Housing Act 2004 to provide that any selective licensing scheme for residential accommodation extends to social housing.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to prohibit charging for car parking at NHS Hospitals for patients and visitors; to make provision for NHS Hospitals to be exempt from business rates; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to require banks to provide current accounts for homeless people seeking work; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to require social landlords of residential properties in high-rise buildings to undertake regular safety inspections of electrical installations; to establish a complaints procedure for tenants of such properties who have electrical safety concerns; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 26th April 2021

A Bill to make provision about the local accountability of clinical commissioning groups; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to make motivation by misogyny an aggravating factor in criminal sentencing; to require police forces to record hate crimes motivated by misogyny; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 9th March 2020

A Bill to make motivation by misandry or misogyny an aggravating factor in criminal sentencing; to require police forces to record hate crimes motivated by misandry or misogyny; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 9th March 2020

A Bill to establish a national register of green belt land in England; to restrict the ability of local authorities to de-designate green belt land; to make provision about future development of de-designated green belt land; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to set up a commission to make arrangements for debates between leaders of political parties during a General Election; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to prohibit the differential pricing of products and services that are substantially similar other than being intended for, or marketed to, a particular gender; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Thursday 12th March 2020

A Bill to amend the Abortion Act 1967 to exclude cleft lip, cleft palate and clubfoot as qualifying physical abnormalities for the purposes of medical termination of pregnancy under section 1(1)(d).

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Wednesday 3rd June 2020

A Bill to impose duties relating to the provision of public education on free trade; to require regular reports from government on trade arrangements with other countries; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to make provision for the removal from the United Kingdom of foreign national criminal offenders and prisoners; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to place a duty on the Secretary of State to prevent the evictions of Universal Credit claimants in rent arrears; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to require Her Majesty’s Government to seek a two-year extension of the implementation period under Article 132 of the Withdrawal Agreement; to repeal the prohibition on agreeing to such an extension under section 33 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Wednesday 20th May 2020

A Bill to repeal section 15A of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 22nd June 2020

A Bill to guarantee the immigration rights of EU, EEA EFTA and Swiss citizens resident in the United Kingdom; to require the Government to provide such persons with physical proof of those rights; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Wednesday 26th February 2020

A Bill to require employers to make reasonable adjustments to enable employees with caring responsibilities for people with disabilities to provide that care.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Wednesday 10th June 2020

A Bill to prohibit employers dismissing employees and subsequently re-employing them for the purpose of diminishing the terms and conditions of employment; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Tuesday 9th June 2020

A Bill to make provision for the regulation of the sale and use of electronic cigarettes; to exempt electronic cigarettes from UK law derived from the Tobacco Products Directive; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Monday 10th February 2020

A Bill to apply electrical safety regulations to goods advertised for sale on online marketplaces; to require online marketplaces to remove electrical products from their websites within 24 hours of them being reported as unsafe; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Wednesday 10th March 2021