The Government’s Legislative Programme 2024

Leader of the House written statement – made at on 18 July 2024.

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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.

House of Commons

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House of Lords

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.

Bills

A proposal for new legislation that is debated by Parliament.