The UK Government’s legislative programme for the First Session was outlined at the State Opening of Parliament on Wednesday 17 July. This statement provides a summary of the programme and its application to Scotland. It does not include draft Bills, Law Commission Bills, or Finance Bills.

The UK Government is committed to delivering change for Scotland. This legislative programme delivers on our missions to enable the best outcomes for the people of our four nations. This includes kickstarting economic growth, making Britain a clean energy superpower, breaking down barriers to opportunity, and keeping people safe.

Meaningful collaboration built on mutual respect will be key to delivering this change. We will reset the relationship with the Scottish Government. Through effective joint working, we can deliver better results for people across the UK. Central to this is our commitment to strengthen the Sewel Convention by setting out a new memorandum of understanding outlining how the nations will work together for the common good. Now is also the time to conduct a reset in our public life; a clean-up that ensures the highest standards of integrity and honesty. We will legislate to remove hereditary peers from the House of Lords.

Scotland will be at the heart of our mission to make Britain a clean energy superpower. Great British Energy, a new publicly owned energy company, will make Britain a world leader in energy technologies, create jobs, and build supply chains in every corner of the UK. Scotland will be the powerhouse of our mission, with Great British Energy headquartered there.

We are committed to supporting economic growth across Scotland and will continue to work in collaboration with the Scottish Government, local authorities and other partners to deliver this. Our new National Wealth Fund will have a remit to support our growth and clean energy missions, making transformative investments across every part of the country. We will also bring forward legislation to improve workers’ rights, to protect public funds and end the requirement to franchise rail services. This change will come ahead of a broader bill to reform the railways and establish Great British Railways.

In this legislative session we will embed economic stability to create the conditions for long-term growth that will improve the lives and opportunities of people in Scotland and across the United Kingdom. We will invest in our infrastructure, deliver the public services that people need, secure our borders and restore order to the asylum system so that it operates swiftly, firmly and fairly. We are boosting our energy security to cut bills and ensuring that work pays with our New Deal for Working People. In addition, we will protect the health of people across the UK by introducing a generational ban on smoking, and imposing limits on the sale and marketing of vapes, taking a landmark step in creating a smoke-free UK.

The following bills will extend and apply to Scotland (either in full or in part):

• Armed Forces Commissioner Bill
• Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill
• Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
• Budget Responsibility Bill
• Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill
• Digital Information and Smart Data Bill
• Cyber Security and Resilience Bill
• Employment Rights Bill
• Great British Energy Bill
• Hillsborough Law
• House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
• Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 (Extension) Bill
• National Wealth Fund Bill
• Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill
• Pension Schemes Bill
• Planning and Infrastructure Bill
• Product Safety and Metrology Bill
• Railways Bill
• Renters Rights Bill
• Sustainable Aviation Fuel (Revenue Support Mechanism) Bill
• Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill
• Tobacco and Vapes Bill

The UK Government will work collaboratively with the Scottish Government to secure the legislative consent of the Scottish Parliament where appropriate.