2008-09 session

3 December 2008 to 12 November 2009. 151 bills were introduced, and 12 carried over into it from an earlier session.

Became law (Royal Assent): 28
Carried over to the next session: 14
Did not finish before the session ended: 121

Became law (Royal Assent) (28)

Passed both Houses and received Royal Assent in this session.

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning
Ed Balls
Appropriation (No. 2) Act 2009
Royal Assent 21 Oct 2009 · Stephen Timms
Appropriation Act 2009
Stephen Timms
Autism
Royal Assent 12 Nov 2009 · Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Banking Act 2009
carried over from the 2007-08 session · Royal Assent 12 Feb 2009 · Mr Alistair Darling
Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009
Lord West of Spithead
Broads Authority Act 2009
carried over from the 2006-07 session · Royal Assent 2 Jul 2009
Business Rate Supplements Act 2009
Royal Assent 2 Jul 2009 · Hazel Blears
Consolidated Fund Act 2008
Stephen Timms
Coroners and Justice
Mr Jack Straw
Corporation Tax Act
Royal Assent 26 Mar 2009 · Mr Alistair Darling
Driving Instruction (Suspension and Exemption Powers)
Royal Assent 12 Nov 2009 · Willie Rennie
Finance Act 2009
Royal Assent 21 Jul 2009 · Stephen Timms
Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Act
Royal Assent 2 Jul 2009 · Lord Malloch-Brown
Green Energy (Definition and Promotion)
Royal Assent 12 Nov 2009 · Mr Peter Ainsworth
Health
Royal Assent 12 Nov 2009 · Lord Darzi of Denham
Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects)
Royal Assent 12 Nov 2009 · Mr Andrew Dismore
Industry and Exports (Financial Support) Act
Royal Assent 21 May 2009 · Pat McFadden
Law Commission
Royal Assent 12 Nov 2009 · Lord Lloyd of Berwick
Local Democracy
Baroness Andrews
Marine and Coastal Access
Royal Assent 12 Nov 2009 · Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Northern Ireland Act
Royal Assent 12 Mar 2009 · Shaun Woodward
Parliamentary Standards
Ms Harriet Harman
Perpetuities and Accumulations
Royal Assent 12 Nov 2009 · Lord Bach
Policing and Crime
Jacqui Smith
Political Parties and Elections
carried over from the 2007-08 session · Royal Assent 21 Jul 2009 · Mr Jack Straw
Saving Gateway Accounts Act
Royal Assent 2 Jul 2009 · Mr Alistair Darling
Welfare Reform
James Purnell

Carried over to the next session (14)

Parliament agreed to continue these bills in the following session.

Beverley Freemen
continued in the 2009-10 session · last stage: Royal Assent, 21 Jan 2010
Bournemouth Borough Council 2010
continued in the 2009-10 session · carried over from the 2006-07 session · last stage: Royal Assent, 8 Apr 2010
Canterbury City Council Act 2013
continued in the 2012-13 session · carried over from the 2007-08 session · last stage: Royal Assent, 28 Feb 2013
Child Poverty Act 2010
continued in the 2009-10 session · last stage: Royal Assent, 25 Mar 2010 · Stephen Timms
City of Westminster Bill [HL]
continued in the 2010-12 session · last stage: Motion to revive Bill, 5 Jul 2010
Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010
continued in the 2009-10 session · last stage: Consideration of Lords amendments, 8 Apr 2010 · Mr Jack Straw
Equality Act 2010
continued in the 2009-10 session · last stage: Royal Assent, 8 Apr 2010 · Ms Harriet Harman
Leeds City Council Act 2013
continued in the 2012-13 session · carried over from the 2007-08 session · last stage: Royal Assent, 28 Feb 2013
London Local Authorities Act
continued in the 2010-12 session · carried over from the 2007-08 session · last stage: Royal Assent, 27 Mar 2012
London Local Authorities and Transport for London Act 2013
continued in the 2013-14 session · carried over from the 2007-08 session · last stage: Royal Assent, 18 Dec 2013
Manchester City Council 2010
continued in the 2009-10 session · carried over from the 2006-07 session · last stage: Royal Assent, 8 Apr 2010
Nottingham City Council Act 2013
continued in the 2012-13 session · carried over from the 2007-08 session · last stage: Royal Assent, 28 Feb 2013
Reading Borough Council Act 2013
continued in the 2012-13 session · carried over from the 2007-08 session · last stage: Royal Assent, 28 Feb 2013
Transport for London (Supplemental Toll Provisions) Bill [HL]
continued in the 2010-12 session · carried over from the 2006-07 session · last stage: 2nd reading, 24 Apr 2012

Did not finish before the session ended (121)

A bill that has not passed by the end of a session falls, unless Parliament agrees to carry it over.

Airport Expansion (Parliamentary Approval) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 24 Feb 2009 · Susan Kramer
Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 26 Jan 2009 · Mr Andrew Dismore
Bailiffs (Repeals and Amendment) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 2 Jun 2009 · Ms Karen Buck
Bank of England (Amendment) Bill [HL]
last stage: 3rd reading, 17 Jun 2009 · Lord Saatchi
Bankers' Pensions (Limits) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 10 Mar 2009 · Ann Clwyd
Banking (No. 2) Bill [HL]
last stage: 2nd reading, 16 Dec 2008 · Lord Myners
British Museum Act 1963 (Amendment) Bill
last stage: 2nd reading, 15 May 2009 · Mr Andrew Dismore
Broadcasting (Public Service Content) Bill
last stage: 2nd reading, 12 Jun 2009 · Mr Christopher Chope
Broadcasting (Television Licence Fee Abolition) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 26 Jan 2009 · Mr Christopher Chope
Care Homes (Domestic Pets) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 8 Jul 2009 · Dr Nick Palmer
Cervical Cancer (Minimum Age for Screening) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 14 Oct 2009 · Mr Brooks Newmark
Cheapest Energy Tariff (Information) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 27 Apr 2009 · Mr John Baron
Children in Care (Custody) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 21 Jan 2009 · Mr Stephen Crabb
Citizens' Convention (Accountability and Ethics) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 8 Jun 2009 · Mr Martin Caton
Climate Change (Sectoral Targets) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 11 Feb 2009 · Mr Martin Caton
Closed Circuit Television (Monitoring and Promotion) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 27 Oct 2009 · Mr Tom Harris
Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Bill
last stage: 2nd reading, 10 Jul 2009 · Malcolm Wicks
Cohabitation (No. 2) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 25 Mar 2009 · Mary Creagh
Cohabitation Bill [HL]
last stage: Committee stage, 30 Apr 2009 · Lord Lester of Herne Hill
Commission for the Compact Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 19 May 2009 · Tom Levitt
Common Land and Repeal of Inclosure Acts Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 16 Jul 2009 · Mr Barry Sheerman
Community Amateur Sports Clubs (Support) Bill [HL]
last stage: 2nd reading, 8 May 2009 · Lord Addington
Companies’ Remuneration Reports Bill [HL]
last stage: 1st reading, 28 Oct 2009 · Lord Gavron
Constitutional Reform Bill [HL]
last stage: 1st reading, 2 Jun 2009 · Lord Willoughby de Broke
Constitutional Renewal Bill [HL]
last stage: 1st reading, 31 Mar 2009 · Lord Tyler
Council Tax Rebate Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 31 Mar 2009 · Joan Ryan
Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (Review) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 14 Jul 2009 · Mr Frank Field
Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill
last stage: Report stage, 16 Oct 2009 · Mr Andrew Dismore
Damages (Asbestos-Related Conditions) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 19 Oct 2009 · Mr Andrew Dismore
Dangerous Dogs (Amendment) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 1 Jul 2009 · Ms Angela C. Smith
Developing Country Debt (Restriction of Recovery) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 6 May 2009 · Ms Sally Keeble
Disabled Persons (Independent Living) Bill [HL]
last stage: 1st reading, 3 Jun 2009 · Lord Ashley of Stoke
Dog Control Bill [HL]
last stage: 2nd reading, 24 Apr 2009 · Lord Redesdale
Drugs (Roadside Testing) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 26 Jan 2009 · Mr Christopher Chope
Employers’ Liability Insurance Bureau Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 26 Jan 2009 · Mr Andrew Dismore
Employment Opportunities Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 10 Feb 2009 · Mr Christopher Chope
Employment Retention Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 3 Mar 2009 · John Robertson
Employment Rights Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 3 Feb 2009 · Mr William Cash
Equal Pay and Flexible Working Bill [HL]
last stage: 2nd reading, 23 Jan 2009 · Baroness Morris of Bolton
Equalisation of Tariffs for Gas and Electricity Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 14 Oct 2009 · John Austin
Equality and Diversity (Reform) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 21 Jan 2009 · Philip Davies
European Union (Audit of Benefits and Costs of UK Membership) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 26 Jan 2009 · Mr Christopher Chope
Exercise of Reasonable Discretion Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 4 Feb 2009 · Mr Tim Boswell
Food Labelling (Nutrition and Health) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 4 Nov 2009 · Helen Southworth
Food Labelling Regulations (Amendment) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 17 Mar 2009 · Mr Richard Bacon
Forces Widows Pensions (Equality of Treatment) Bill
last stage: 2nd reading, 19 Jun 2009 · Mr Michael Mates
Fuel Poverty (No.2) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 10 Jun 2009 · Dr Alan Whitehead
Fuel Poverty Bill
last stage: 2nd reading, 20 Mar 2009 · Mr David Heath
Gangmasters Licensing Act 2004 (Amendment) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 10 Jun 2009 · Jim Sheridan
Goalpost Safety Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 13 May 2009 · Mr Brooks Newmark
Government of Cornwall Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 14 Jul 2009 · Dan Rogerson
Home Repossession (Protection) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 3 Feb 2009 · Mr Andrew Dismore
House of Lords (Members' Taxation Status) Bill [HL]
last stage: Committee stage, 12 Mar 2009 · Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay
House of Lords Bill [HL]
last stage: Committee stage, 19 Mar 2009 · Lord Steel of Aikwood
Human Rights Act 1998 (Meaning Of Public Authority) Bill
last stage: 2nd reading, 3 Jul 2009 · Mr Andrew Dismore
Hydrofluorocarbons Limitation Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 30 Jun 2009 · Clive Efford
Illegally Logged Timber (Prohibition Of Sale) Bill
last stage: 2nd reading, 26 Jun 2009 · Mr Andrew Dismore
Industrial Carbon Emissions (Targets) Bill
last stage: 2nd reading, 3 Jul 2009 · Mr Charles Kennedy
Insolvency (Provision of Information to Employment Agencies) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 21 Apr 2009 · Phil Wilson
Installation of Letter Box Guards (Protection from Dogs) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 9 Nov 2009 · Ann Coffey
Land Use (Gardens Protection Etc) Bill
last stage: 2nd reading, 8 May 2009 · Mr Andrew Dismore
Leaseholders Rights Bill
last stage: 2nd reading, 26 Jun 2009 · Mrs Jacqui Lait
Lending (Regulation) Bill
last stage: 2nd reading, 27 Feb 2009 · Mr Russell Brown
Live Music Bill [HL]
last stage: 1st reading, 15 Jul 2009 · Lord Clement-Jones
Local Employment Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 23 Jun 2009 · Mr Jamie Reed
Local Health Services and Democratic Involvement Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 21 Oct 2009 · Dr John Pugh
Local Planning Authorities (Protection of Local Services) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 10 Nov 2009 · Greg Mulholland
Marine Accident Investigation Branch (Reports) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 20 Oct 2009 · David Cairns
Marine Navigation Aids Bill [HL]
last stage: 1st reading, 14 May 2009 · Lord Berkeley
Maximum Wage Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 3 Jun 2009 · Paddy Tipping
Media Owners (Residency Requirement) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 16 Jul 2009 · Mr David Drew
Mobile Network Roaming Capabilities Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 11 Nov 2009 · Mr Angus MacNeil
Motor Vehicle (Climate change information) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 18 Jun 2009 · Colin Challen
Online Purchasing of Goods and Services (Age Verification) Bill [HL]
last stage: 1st reading, 9 Jul 2009 · Baroness Massey of Darwen
Onshore Wind Turbines (Proximity of Habitation) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 3 Nov 2009 · Peter Luff
Organ Donation (Presumed Consent) Bill
last stage: 2nd reading, 13 Mar 2009 · Mr Jeremy Browne
Palliative Care Bill
last stage: 2nd reading, 24 Apr 2009 · Mrs Caroline Spelman
Parliament (Disclosure of Information) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 16 Jul 2009 · Mr David Drew
Parliamentary Commissions of Inquiry Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 7 Jul 2009 · Mr David Heath
Parliamentary Elections (Recall and Primaries) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 13 Oct 2009 · Mr Douglas Carswell
Pedlars (Amendment) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 26 Jan 2009 · Mr Christopher Chope
Pension Credit and Personal Expense Allowance (Duty of Consultation and Review) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 24 Mar 2009 · Paul Burstow
Personal Responsibility Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 15 Jul 2009 · Norman Baker
Pharmaceutical Labelling (Warning Of Cognitive Function Impairment) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 26 Jan 2009 · Mr Andrew Dismore
Postal Services Bill [HL]
last stage: 1st reading, 21 May 2009 · Lord Mandelson
Presumption of Death Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 21 Jan 2009 · Mr Tim Boswell
Prevention of Excessive Charges Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 29 Apr 2009 · Mr Mohammad Sarwar
Programming of Bills (Suspension) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 17 Jun 2009 · Mr Peter Lilley
Protection of Children (Encrypted Material) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 21 Jan 2009 · Sir Paul Beresford
Protection of Children (Publicity) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 28 Apr 2009 · Mrs Jacqui Lait
Protection of Elderly People (Unsolicited Mail) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 15 Jul 2009 · Mr Andrew Robathan
Protection of Garden Land (Development Control) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 3 Feb 2009 · Paul Burstow
Protection of Shareholders Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 17 Mar 2009 · Mr William Cash
Public Buildings (Publication of Energy Performance Certificates) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 21 Jul 2009 · Greg Clark
Public Transport (Reward Scheme and Concessionary Fares) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 21 Jul 2009 · Colin Challen
Queen's Diamond Jubilee Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 10 Nov 2009 · Andrew Rosindell
Registration of Births and Deaths (Welsh Language) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 1 Apr 2009 · Hywel Williams
Renewable Content Obligation Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 25 Feb 2009 · Dr Alan Whitehead
Rentcharges (Notification) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 28 Oct 2009 · Andrew Gwynne
Road Signs (Tourist Destinations and Facilities) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 9 Jun 2009 · Sir Alan Beith
Royal Marriages and Succession to the Crown (Prevention of Discrimination) Bill
last stage: 2nd reading, 27 Mar 2009 · Dr Evan Harris
Safety Of Medicines (Evaluation) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 26 Jan 2009 · Dr Ian Gibson
Sale of Mobile Homes (Interview) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 5 May 2009 · Annette Brooke
School Bus (Safety) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 13 May 2009 · Malcolm Bruce
Schools (Health Support) Bill
last stage: 2nd reading, 8 May 2009 · Mr Jim Cunningham
Scottish Banknotes (Acceptability in United Kingdom) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 21 Jan 2009 · David Mundell
Short Selling and Bank Accounts Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 23 Mar 2009 · Mr Frank Field
Small Business Rate Relief (Automatic Payment) Bill
last stage: 2nd reading, 6 Mar 2009 · Peter Luff
Sovereignty Of Parliament (European Communities) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 26 Jan 2009 · Mr Christopher Chope
Special Educational Needs and Disability (Support) Bill
last stage: 2nd reading, 15 May 2009 · John Bercow
Sports Grounds Safety Authority Bill [HL]
last stage: 1st reading, 4 Feb 2009 · Lord Faulkner of Worcester
Statutory Redundancy Pay (Amendment) Bill
last stage: Money resolution, 16 Jun 2009 · Mr Lindsay Hoyle
Surface Water and Highway Drainage Charges (Exemption) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 12 May 2009 · Mr Mike Hall
Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (Amendment) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 3 Jun 2009 · Mr David Drew
Sustainable Energy (Local Plans) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 1 Jul 2009 · Alan Simpson
Teaching of British History in Schools Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 4 Mar 2009 · Andrew Rosindell
Theft from Shops (Use of Penalty Notices for Disorder) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 11 Mar 2009 · Miss Anne McIntosh
Torture (Damages) (No. 2) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 26 Jan 2009 · Mr Andrew Dismore
Torture (Damages) Bill [HL]
last stage: 1st reading, 14 Jan 2009 · Lord Archer of Sandwell
Waste Recycling (End Use Register) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 11 Nov 2009 · Mr David Drew
Young People Leaving Care (Accommodation) Bill
last stage: 1st reading, 18 Mar 2009 · Helen Southworth