16 Bills in initial stages
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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 prohibit the marriage of first cousins; and for connected purposes.
Friday 17th January 2025
Order Paper number: 29
(Unlikely to be Debated - would require unanimous consent to progress)
A Bill to make provision about Lasting Powers of Attorney; to place duties on banks in respect of Lasting Powers of Attorney; to make provision about the powers of the Office of the Public Guardian to investigate the actions of an attorney; to require the Secretary of State to review the effectiveness of the powers of the Office of the Public Guardian to investigate the actions of an attorney and of its use of those powers; to make provision about the duties of care homes in respect of Lasting Powers of Attorney; to require an attorney to notify the Office of the Public Guardian of the death of a donor; to require the Office of the Public Guardian to take steps to promote the facility to request a search of its registers of powers of attorney; and for connected purposes.
Friday 17th January 2025
Order Paper number: 18
(Unlikely to be Debated - would require unanimous consent to progress)
A Bill to require the Secretary of State to issue guidance about the application of the criminal law in respect of the administration of pain relief by healthcare professionals to people who are terminally ill; and for connected purposes.
Friday 17th January 2025
Order Paper number: 26
(Unlikely to be Debated - would require unanimous consent to progress)
A Bill to make provision about the liability of practitioners, and of the organisation which employs the practitioner, where a practitioner prescribes an unlicensed medicine to or carries out a non-standard treatment on a person who is terminally ill; to make provision about the import, storage and use of equipment and unlicensed medicines for the purpose of such prescriptions or such treatment; and for connected purposes.
Friday 17th January 2025
Order Paper number: 20
(Unlikely to be Debated - would require unanimous consent to progress)
A Bill to introduce a system of proportional representation for parliamentary elections and for local government elections in England; and for connected purposes.
Friday 24th January 2025
Order Paper number: 12
(Unlikely to be Debated - would require unanimous consent to progress)
A Bill to provide for the prohibition of the sale in England of horticultural peat by the end of 2025; to provide for certain exemptions from that prohibition; and for connected purposes.
Wednesday 6th November 2024
Friday 24th January 2025
Order Paper number: 9
(Unlikely to be Debated - would require unanimous consent to progress)
A Bill to require the Chief Inspector of Drinking Water to issue guidance to water companies on poly and perfluorinated alkyl substances in drinking water; and for connected purposes
Friday 24th January 2025
Order Paper number: 8
(Unlikely to be Debated - would require unanimous consent to progress)
A Bill to require manufacturers to fit microplastic-catching filters to new domestic and commercial washing machines; to make provision about the promotion of the use of microplastic-catching filters in washing machines and raising awareness about the consequences of microplastics from washing machines for pollution in rivers and seas; and for connected purposes.
Friday 7th March 2025
Order Paper number: 12
(Unlikely to be Debated - would require unanimous consent to progress)
A Bill to give police powers to enter a private dwelling for the purpose of seizing an off-road bike that has been driven in an anti-social way or without insurance; and for connected purposes.
Friday 7th March 2025
Order Paper number: 16
(Unlikely to be Debated - would require unanimous consent to progress)
A Bill to provide that, where a public body collects data about ethnicity for the purpose of delivering public services, it must include specific 'Sikh' and 'Jewish' categories as options for a person’s ethnic group; and for connected purposes.
Friday 7th March 2025
A Bill to make provision for or in connection with the relief of debts of certain developing countries.
Friday 14th March 2025
Order Paper number: 5
(Possibly be Debated)
A Bill to require the Secretary of State to commission and publish a review of the legislation and guidance relating to e-scooters; to place a duty on the Secretary of State to promote public awareness of legislation relating to the use of e-scooters; and for connected purposes.
Friday 14th March 2025
A Bill to establish an independent Office of the Whistleblower to protect whistleblowers and whistleblowing; to make provision for the Office of the Whistleblower to set, monitor and enforce standards for the management of whistleblowing cases, to provide disclosure and advice services, to direct whistleblowing investigations and to order redress of detriment suffered by whistleblowers; and for connected purposes.
Friday 25th April 2025
Order Paper number: 8
(Unlikely to be Debated - would require unanimous consent to progress)
A Bill to make provision about sentencing for theft in relation to the theft of tools of trade; and for connected purposes.
Friday 25th April 2025
Order Paper number: 7
(Unlikely to be Debated - would require unanimous consent to progress)
A Bill to make provision about the accessibility of air travel for disabled passengers; to make provision about the powers of the Civil Aviation Authority to enforce accessibility requirements; to remove the limit on compensation for damage to wheelchairs or other mobility equipment on domestic flights; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 19th November 2024
Friday 4th July 2025
Order Paper number: 6
(Unlikely to be Debated - would require unanimous consent to progress)
A Bill to make provision about the regulation of roadworks; and for connected purposes
Friday 11th July 2025