Leader of the House written statement – made at on 18 July 2024.
Lucy Powell
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
Following the State Opening of Parliament, it is customary for the Leader of the House of Commons to list the formal titles of Bills to be introduced.
Other measures will be laid before the House in the usual way. The programme will also include Finance Bills to implement budget policy decisions and estimates for public services. The list does not include draft bills.
Arbitration Bill
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill
Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill
Better Buses Bill
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
Budget Responsibility Bill
Children's Wellbeing Bill
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill
Crime and Policing Bill
Cyber Security and Resilience Bill
Digital Information and Smart Data Bill
Employment Rights Bill
English Devolution Bill
Football Governance Bill
Great British Energy Bill
High Speed Rail (Crewe to Manchester) Bill
Hillsborough Law
Holocaust Memorial Bill
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 (Extension) Bill
Mental Health Bill
National Wealth Fund Bill
Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill
Pension Schemes Bill
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Product Safety and Metrology Bill
Rail Reform Bill
Renters Reform Bill
Skills England Bill
Sustainable Aviation Fuel (Revenue Support Mechanism) Bill
Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill
The Crown Estate Bill
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
Victims, Courts and Public Protection Bill
Water (Special Measures) Bill
Detailed information about each of these Bills can be accessed from the gov.uk website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/kings-speech-2024-background-briefing-notes.
The House of Commons is one of the houses of parliament. Here, elected MPs (elected by the "commons", i.e. the people) debate. In modern times, nearly all power resides in this house. In the commons are 650 MPs, as well as a speaker and three deputy speakers.
The house of Lords is the upper chamber of the Houses of Parliament. It is filled with Lords (I.E. Lords, Dukes, Baron/esses, Earls, Marquis/esses, Viscounts, Count/esses, etc.) The Lords consider proposals from the EU or from the commons. They can then reject a bill, accept it, or make amendments. If a bill is rejected, the commons can send it back to the lords for re-discussion. The Lords cannot stop a bill for longer than one parliamentary session. If a bill is accepted, it is forwarded to the Queen, who will then sign it and make it law. If a bill is amended, the amended bill is sent back to the House of Commons for discussion.
The Lords are not elected; they are appointed. Lords can take a "whip", that is to say, they can choose a party to represent. Currently, most Peers are Conservative.
A proposal for new legislation that is debated by Parliament.