115 Bills progressed beyond Second Reading in the first house
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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 make provision for local authorities to conduct annual audits of air pollution in their area and associated emissions by public and private entities; to require those local authorities to prepare reports on those audits; to require the Secretary of State to report annually to Parliament on those audit reports; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to require ambulance services to provide more accessible and localised reports of ambulance response times; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to require Her Majesty's Government to formally recognise the Armenian genocide of 1915-16.
Friday 6th May 2022
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.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to make provision for granting permission to work to asylum seekers who have waited six months for a decision on their asylum application; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to make provision for granting permission to work to asylum seekers who have waited six months for a decision on their asylum application; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to require asylum seekers who have arrived in the United Kingdom from a safe country to be immediately returned to that country; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to abolish the BBC licence fee and make the BBC a subscription service; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to de-criminalise the non-payment of the BBC licence fee by persons aged over seventy five; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to require the Secretary of State to report to Parliament on the likely effects of the abolition of the benefit cap, including on levels of absolute and relative poverty, poor mental health, food bank use, borrowing of money from friends and family, evictions from homes and problem debt, and on different groups including women, lone parents and people from Black and minority ethnic backgrounds; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to make provision for warnings to be given to benefit claimants before they are given sanctions; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to place a duty on public bodies to have a presumption in favour of purchasing goods of British origin in purchasing decisions; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to expand the list of sporting events that must be made available for broadcast by free-to-air television channels; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to create a Business of the House Commission to regulate the timetabling of business in the House of Commons; and for connected purposes.
Friday 28th January 2022
A Bill to make provision about the safety of button batteries; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to amend the requirements for caravan site licence applications made under the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to require the Charity Commission to publish statistics of the proportion of income of each registered charity which is derived from public expenditure; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to make provision for a district-wide referendum in City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council area on the continued inclusion of the areas covered by the Shipley and Keighley parliamentary constituencies in that district; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to require United Kingdom clean air targets to comply with World Health Organization guidelines; to require the Secretary of State to report annually to Parliament on that compliance; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to require the United Kingdom to achieve climate and nature targets; to give the Secretary of State a duty to implement a strategy to achieve those targets; to establish a Climate and Nature Assembly to advise the Secretary of State in creating that strategy; to give duties to the Committee on Climate Change and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee regarding the strategy and targets; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to prohibit the use of upward-only rent review clauses in commercial rent agreements; to nullify existing such clauses; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to require companies to prepare an annual statement on carbon in their supply chains; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to prohibit the practice of offering preferential pricing to new customers compared to existing customers; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to prohibit sexual orientation and gender identity conversion therapy; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to amend the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 to make provision about the offence of corporate homicide; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to require the Secretary of State to establish an independent review of disablement caused by Covid-19 vaccinations and the adequacy of the compensation offered to persons so disabled; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to devolve management of the Crown Estate and its assets in Wales to the Welsh Government; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to place a duty on the Secretary of State to ensure that applicants for Disability Benefit are given the option of their eligibility assessment being audio recorded; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to make provision about consumer protection in relation to domestic building works; and for connected purposes.
Friday 19th November 2021
A Bill to allow a person who is age 18 or older on the day of a parliamentary or local election to stand as candidate; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to abolish the Electoral Commission; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to make provision about the rights of workers, including to negotiate pay and join trade unions and employee associations; to amend the definition of worker; to make provision about the employment rights of members of the armed forces; to make provision about employee representatives on company boards; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to regulate the use of minimum qualification or experience requirements in job applications; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to give employees who are unpaid carers the right to one week’s unpaid leave for caring purposes; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to require energy companies to remove and replace incorrectly installed cavity wall insulation; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
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.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to introduce a moratorium on recovery and enforcement action by freeholders and managing agents relating to service charges increases, fees or demands for payment in respect of leaseholders’ share of the costs of fire safety remediation work; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to place a duty on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to pursue a policy of full employment; to make associated provision for an employment guarantee scheme for benefit claimants who have been unemployed and looking for work for longer than six months; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to require the Secretary of State to review the effectiveness of gender pay gap reporting requirements.
Friday 6th May 2022
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.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to regulate charges for, and the advertising of, goods delivery services; to make provision about transport infrastructure in remote areas to promote the use of goods delivery services; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
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.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to establish a closed season during which the killing or taking of hares is prohibited; to repeal the seasonal prohibition of the sale of hares in the Hares Preservation Act 1892; and for connected purposes.
Friday 18th March 2022
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.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to amend the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 to make provision about civil liability for breaches of health and safety duties; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to require banks to provide current accounts for homeless people seeking work; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
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.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to replace the House of Lords with an elected senate; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to amend the House of Lords Act 1999 so as to abolish the system of by-elections for hereditary peers.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to introduce a retirement age of 75 for members of the House of Lords; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to make provision for national minimum standards in accommodation offered to refugees and asylum seekers; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to make provision about penalties for human trafficking offences.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to prohibit the import of wild animal specimens derived from trophy hunting; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
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.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to grant indefinite leave to remain to health and social care staff; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to create offences relating to the taking, making and sharing of intimate images without consent; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to make provision about parental leave for kinship carers who take on responsibility for children whose parents are unable to care for them; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to amend the House of Commons Administration Act 1978 to provide that the Prime Minister may only nominate as Leader of the House of Commons a Member of that House who is from the governing party and is elected by a system in which all Members of the House of Commons may participate; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to make provision to enable parliamentary constituency areas to form new unitary local authority areas if agreed by referendum; to make provision for such referendums; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to enable electricity generators to become local electricity suppliers; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to require local authorities to publish statements of expenditure and the numbers of grants made to residents through the local welfare assistance scheme; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to place a duty on the Secretary of State to ensure equal access to maternity services for people living in rural and coastal areas to those living in other areas, including access to the same range of birthing methods and locations; to require consultant-led maternity services to be available within 45 minutes of an expectant mother’s home; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to require the Leader of the House of Commons to move a Motion prohibiting Members of Parliament having paid second jobs; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to require the Government to report annually to Parliament on mental health provision for children and young people.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to make provision to increase the minimum energy performance of buildings; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to make provision for an annual appraisal of the performance and competence of individual Ministers, conducted outside the Cabinet Office, to inform the Prime Minister in recommending ministerial appointments; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to require Ministers of the Crown to disclose that they have been issued with a fixed penalty notice; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to require Ministers of the Crown to disclose their tax residency status and that of members of their household, and to disclose whether they and members of their household are beneficiaries of trusts held abroad; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to require the Secretary of State to lay before Parliament annual reports on progress in reducing miscarriage and stillbirth rates among Black and Asian women.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to make provision for paid leave for people who have experienced miscarriage.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to make provision about offences relating to the misuse of fireworks and penalties for such offences; and for connected purposes.
A Bill to amend the Mobile Homes Act 1983; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to make provision for co-funding and for the extension of co-payment for NHS services in England; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to make provision about arranging alternative non-NHS England treatment for patients who have waited for more than one year for hospital treatment; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to make provision about the restructuring of urgent care facilities in North Northamptonshire; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to require the Secretary of State to lay before Parliament an equalities impact assessment of the effects on women and girls of the decision not to spend 0.7% of UK gross national income on official development assistance in each financial year until that target is again reached.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to make provision in connection with the recognition of the State of Palestine.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to grant powers to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman to identify and investigate systemic problems in the benefits system and make associated recommendations to the Secretary of State; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to introduce the optional preferential voting system for Parliamentary elections; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to extend eligibility to paternity leave and pay; to make provision for more flexibility in the timing of, and notice period for, paternity leave; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to provide for the regulation of the carrying of passengers in Greater London by pedal cycles and power-assisted pedal cycles for hire or reward; and for connected purposes.
Friday 19th November 2021
A Bill to prevent persons who have donated £50,000 or more to a political party within the previous five years from being nominated for a peerage.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to make provision for increased fines for failures to comply with a notice under section 215 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to make provision about the creation and operation of street-level plans for local development; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to require an assessment of the impact on women’s safety to be published as a condition of planning approval for major developments.
Friday 6th May 2022
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.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to prohibit redundancy during pregnancy and maternity leave and for six months after the end of the pregnancy or leave, except in specified circumstances; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
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.
Friday 11th March 2022
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.
A Bill to establish a public advocate to provide advice to, and act as data controller for, representatives of the deceased after major incidents.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to require the Government to have regard to the desirability of boards of public bodies including at least one person with relevant experience in at least one of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to amend the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 to make provision about Parliamentary scrutiny of regulations made under that Act; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to limit exit payments made by some public sector organisations to employees; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to create an offence of impersonating a public sector website for the purpose of collecting payment or personal data; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to prohibit the import of young puppies; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to establish an independent review of rape conviction rates and of the effects on the victims of rape; and to require the Secretary of State to act on the recommendations of the review.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to make provision about the keeping and maintenance of registers of births and deaths; and for connected purposes.
A Bill to set up a register of overseas entities and their beneficial owners and require overseas entities who own land to register in certain circumstances.
Friday 18th March 2022
A Bill to require a Regulatory Impact Assessment to be published for all primary and secondary legislation introduced by the Government; to make provision for associated sanctions; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to require public authorities to exercise their statutory powers to investigate and take enforcement action for breaches of the law; to make provision for sanctions for failing to take such action; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to make provision about hate speech on social media; to require social media platforms to verify the identity of their users; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to require the Secretary of State to publish annual calculations of the benefit and tax credit rates that would be required for a representative household to afford to buy meals in accordance with the Eatwell Guide to eating healthily; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to create an offence of administering or attempting to administer drugs or alcohol to a person without their consent; and for connected purposes
Friday 18th March 2022
A Bill to require the Secretary of State to expand the scope of the legal entitlements and administrative practice exercise to correct state pension underpayments to include underpayments to divorced women; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to make provision about support for women who have suffered ill health as a result of the use of surgical mesh; to require the Secretary of State to report to Parliament on the merits of establishing a redress scheme for such women; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to require the Secretary of State to report annually on restrictions on access by UK nationals to Tibet and Xinjiang 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.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to prohibit employers retaining tips and gratuities intended for staff; to make provision about the division of tips and gratuities between staff; and for connected purposes.
Friday 14th January 2022
A Bill to provide for parliamentary approval of trade agreements; to place a duty on the Secretary of State to consider UK agricultural, environmental and animal welfare standards when negotiating trade agreements; to require the Trade and Agriculture Commission to assess the effects of potential trade agreements on farming, the rural environment and animal welfare and to produce associated reports; to require the Secretary of State to lay such reports before Parliament; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to require the Secretary of State to report to Parliament on the merits of repealing those provisions of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 which provide for persons to be paid reduced rates of housing benefit or Universal Credit because their accommodation is deemed to be under-occupied.
Friday 6th May 2022
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.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to make provision for a public consultation to inform a set of national wellbeing goals; to require public bodies to act in pursuit of the United Kingdom’s environmental, social, economic and cultural wellbeing by meeting wellbeing objectives, publishing future generations impact assessments and accounting for preventative spending; to establish a futures and forecasting report; to establish a Commission for Future Generations for the United Kingdom; to extend the duty of the Office of Budget Responsibility to consider wellbeing and the future generations principle in their work; to add onto a Minister in each government department's portfolio a duty to promote the future generations principle across government policy; to establish a Joint Parliamentary Committee on Future Generations; and for connected purposes.
Friday 10th December 2021
A Bill to place a duty on the Lord Chancellor to ensure the provision of safe and secure accommodation for all women leaving prison; to require the Lord Chancellor to review support provided to women leaving prison with the objective of preventing such women becoming homeless; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to make provision about employment security and the rights of workers; to amend the definition of worker; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to make provision about workers’ rights; to amend the definition of worker; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to make provision about workers’ rights; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
