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Bills by session · Parliament 55, session 2
2012-13 session
9 May 2012 to 25 April 2013. 164 bills were introduced, and 11 carried over into it from an earlier session.
Became law (Royal Assent) (42)
Passed both Houses and received Royal Assent in this session.
- Antarctic Act 2013Royal Assent 26 Mar 2013 · Neil Carmichael
- Canterbury City Council Act 2013carried over from the 2007-08 session · Royal Assent 28 Feb 2013
- Civil Aviation Act 2012carried over from the 2010-12 session · Royal Assent 19 Dec 2012 · Mrs Theresa Villiers
- Crime and Courts ActRoyal Assent 25 Apr 2013 · Lord Taylor of Holbeach
- Defamation ActRoyal Assent 25 Apr 2013 · Mr Kenneth Clarke
- Disabled Persons’ Parking Badges Act 2013Royal Assent 31 Jan 2013 · Simon Kirby
- Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013Royal Assent 31 Jan 2013 · Mr Nick Clegg
- Enterprise and Regulatory Reform ActRoyal Assent 25 Apr 2013 · Vince Cable
- European Union (Approval of Treaty Amendment Decision) Act 2012Royal Assent 31 Oct 2012 · Lord Howell of Guildford
- European Union (Approvals) Act 2013Royal Assent 28 Feb 2013 · Lord McNally
- European Union (Croatian Accession and Irish Protocol) Act 2013Royal Assent 31 Jan 2013 · Mr William Hague
- Finance Act 2012carried over from the 2010-12 session · Royal Assent 17 Jul 2012 · Mr David Gauke
- Financial Services Act 2012carried over from the 2010-12 session · Royal Assent 19 Dec 2012 · Mr George Osborne
- Groceries Code Adjudicator ActRoyal Assent 25 Apr 2013 · Baroness Wilcox
- Growth and Infrastructure ActMr Eric Pickles
- HGV Road User Levy Act 2013Royal Assent 28 Feb 2013 · Stephen Hammond
- Infrastructure (Financial Assistance) Act 2012Royal Assent 31 Oct 2012 · Mr George Osborne
- Jobseekers (Back to Work Schemes) Act 2013Royal Assent 26 Mar 2013 · Mr Iain Duncan Smith
- Justice and Security ActRoyal Assent 25 Apr 2013 · Lord Wallace of Tankerness
- Leeds City Council Act 2013carried over from the 2007-08 session · Royal Assent 28 Feb 2013
- Local Government Finance Act 2012carried over from the 2010-12 session · Royal Assent 31 Oct 2012 · Mr Eric Pickles
- Marine Navigation ActRoyal Assent 25 Apr 2013 · Sheryll Murray
- Mental Health (Approval Functions) Act 2012Mr Jeremy Hunt
- Mental Health (Discrimination) Act 2013Royal Assent 28 Feb 2013 · Gavin Barwell
- Mobile Homes Act 2013Royal Assent 26 Mar 2013 · Peter Aldous
- Nottingham City Council Act 2013carried over from the 2007-08 session · Royal Assent 28 Feb 2013
- Partnerships (Prosecution) (Scotland) ActRoyal Assent 25 Apr 2013 · Lord Wallace of Tankerness
- Police (Complaints and Conduct) Act 2012Royal Assent 19 Dec 2012 · Mrs Theresa May
- Presumption of Death Act 2013Royal Assent 26 Mar 2013 · John Glen
- Prevention of Social Housing Fraud Act 2013Royal Assent 31 Jan 2013 · Richard Harrington
- Prison (Property) Act 2013Royal Assent 28 Feb 2013 · Stuart Andrew
- Prisons (Interference with Wireless Telegraphy) Act 2012Royal Assent 19 Dec 2012 · Sir Paul Beresford
- Public Service Pensions ActRoyal Assent 25 Apr 2013 · Mr George Osborne
- Reading Borough Council Act 2013carried over from the 2007-08 session · Royal Assent 28 Feb 2013
- Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013Royal Assent 28 Feb 2013 · Richard Ottaway
- Small Charitable Donations Act 2012Royal Assent 19 Dec 2012 · Mr George Osborne
- Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013Royal Assent 31 Jan 2013 · Lord McNally
- Succession to the Crown ActRoyal Assent 25 Apr 2013 · Mr Nick Clegg
- Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2013Royal Assent 26 Mar 2013 · Mr David Gauke
- Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2012Royal Assent 17 Jul 2012 · Mr Mark Hoban
- Trusts (Capital and Income) Act 2013carried over from the 2010-12 session · Royal Assent 31 Jan 2013 · Lord McNally
- Welfare Benefits Up-rating Act 2013Royal Assent 26 Mar 2013 · Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Carried over to the next session (9)
Parliament agreed to continue these bills in the following session.
- Children and Families Actcontinued in the 2013-14 session · last stage: Royal Assent, 13 Mar 2014 · Michael Gove
- City of London (Various Powers) 2013continued in the 2013-14 session · carried over from the 2010-12 session · last stage: Royal Assent, 18 Dec 2013
- Energy Act 2013continued in the 2013-14 session · last stage: Royal Assent, 18 Dec 2013 · Mr Edward Davey
- Finance Act 2013continued in the 2013-14 session · last stage: Royal Assent, 17 Jul 2013 · Mr David Gauke
- Financial Services (Banking Reform) Actcontinued in the 2013-14 session · last stage: Royal Assent, 18 Dec 2013 · Mr George Osborne
- Hertfordshire County Council (Filming on Highways) Act 2014continued in the 2013-14 session · last stage: Royal Assent, 30 Jan 2014
- Humber Bridge Act 2013continued in the 2013-14 session · last stage: Royal Assent, 18 Dec 2013
- London Local Authorities and Transport for London Act 2013continued in the 2013-14 session · carried over from the 2007-08 session · last stage: Royal Assent, 18 Dec 2013
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013continued in the 2013-14 session · last stage: Royal Assent, 17 Jul 2013 · Maria Miller
Withdrawn (1)
Withdrawn by the member or minister in charge.
- House of Lords Reform Billlast stage: Programme motion, 10 Jul 2012 · Mr Nick Clegg
Did not finish before the session ended (123)
A bill that has not passed by the end of a session falls, unless Parliament agrees to carry it over.
- Abortion Statistics Billlast stage: 1st reading, 16 Apr 2013 · Fiona Bruce
- Age of Criminal Responsibility Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 16 Jan 2013 · Lord Dholakia
- Airports (Amendment) Bill [HL]last stage: 2nd reading, 9 Nov 2012 · Lord Empey
- Alan Turing (Statutory Pardon) Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 25 Jul 2012 · Lord Sharkey
- Arbitration and Mediation Services (Equality) Bill [HL]last stage: 2nd reading, 19 Oct 2012 · Baroness Cox
- Armed Forces (Prevention of Discrimination) Billlast stage: 2nd reading, 1 Feb 2013 · Thomas Docherty
- Bank of England (Appointment of Governor) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 20 Jun 2012 · John McDonnell
- BBC (Audit Arrangements and Publication of Invoices) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 21 Nov 2012 · Alun Cairns
- BBC Trust Chairman (Election) Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 13 Dec 2012 · Lord Bates
- Bishops (Consecration of Women) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 13 Mar 2013 · Diana Johnson
- Blood, Organ and Bone Marrow Donation (Education) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 6 Mar 2013 · Seema Malhotra
- Building Regulations (External Retaining and Load-Bearing Walls) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 5 Feb 2013 · Stephen Mosley
- Caravan Sites Bill [HL]last stage: 3rd reading, 17 Dec 2012 · Lord Avebury
- Careers Advice in Schools for 12-16 Year Olds Billlast stage: 1st reading, 23 Oct 2012 · Gordon Birtwistle
- Charities Act 2011 (Amendment) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 19 Dec 2012 · Mr Peter Bone
- Children (Access to Parents) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 25 Jun 2012 · Charlie Elphicke
- Children (Performances) Regulations 1968 (Amendment) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 9 Jan 2013 · Tim Loughton
- Co-operative Schools Billlast stage: 1st reading, 17 Apr 2013 · Meg Munn
- Commercial Lobbyists (Registration and Code of Conduct) Billlast stage: 2nd reading, 1 Feb 2013 · Thomas Docherty
- Company Remuneration Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 10 May 2012 · Lord Gavron
- Consolidation of Housing Regulations Billlast stage: 1st reading, 28 Nov 2012 · Mr Adrian Sanders
- Contaminated Blood (Support for Infected and Bereaved Persons) Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 16 May 2012 · Lord Morris of Manchester
- Coroners and Justice (Amendment) Billlast stage: 2nd reading, 19 Oct 2012 · Sir Paul Beresford
- Corporate Accountability and Safeguarding of Adults from Abuse and Neglect Billlast stage: 1st reading, 16 Jan 2013 · Paul Burstow
- Cosmetic Surgery (Minimum Standards) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 17 Jul 2012 · Ann Clwyd
- Credit Card Debt Limit Billlast stage: 1st reading, 27 Nov 2012 · Yvonne Fovargue
- Electric Personal Vehicles (Use on Highways) Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 22 May 2012 · Lord McColl of Dulwich
- Energy Companies (Minimum Tariffs) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 25 Jun 2012 · Thomas Docherty
- Energy Efficiency (Houses in Multiple Occupation) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 23 Jan 2013 · Dr Alan Whitehead
- Energy Efficiency and Reduction in Energy Costs Billlast stage: 1st reading, 11 Dec 2012 · Dr Alan Whitehead
- Equality (Marriage) (Amendment) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 29 Jan 2013 · Mr Edward Leigh
- Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 22 Nov 2012 · Mr Frank Field
- European Communities Act 1972 (Repeal) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 20 Jun 2012 · Mr Douglas Carswell
- European Parliamentary Elections Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 11 Jun 2012 · Lord Teverson
- European Union Act 2011 (Amendment) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 27 Jun 2012 · Mr William Cash
- European Union Free Movement Directive 2004 (Disapplication) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 31 Oct 2012 · Mr Stewart Jackson
- Executive Pay and Remuneration Billlast stage: 1st reading, 25 Jun 2012 · Thomas Docherty
- Extension of Franchise (House of Lords) Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 15 May 2012 · Lord Dubs
- Family Justice (Transparency, Accountability and Cost of Living) Billlast stage: 2nd reading, 26 Oct 2012 · John Hemming
- Family Perinatal Support and Adoption Billlast stage: 1st reading, 7 Nov 2012 · Andrea Leadsom
- Financial Literacy (Curriculum) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 25 Jun 2012 · Thomas Docherty
- Football (Financial Transparency) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 25 Jun 2012 · Damian Collins
- Free School Meals (Children over the age of 16) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 6 Nov 2012 · Nic Dakin
- General Anti Tax-Avoidance Principle Billlast stage: 1st reading, 20 Jun 2012 · Mr Michael Meacher
- Gift Vouchers and Insolvency Billlast stage: 1st reading, 12 Feb 2013 · Mr Michael McCann
- Hereditary Peerages (Succession) Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 11 Jun 2012 · Lord Lucas
- Higher Education (Fees) Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 17 May 2012 · Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
- Homeowners’ Mortgage Interest Rates Billlast stage: 1st reading, 25 Jun 2012 · Thomas Docherty
- Honours (Equality of Titles for Partners) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 3 Jul 2012 · Oliver Colvile
- House of Lords (Cessation of Membership) Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 4 Dec 2012 · Lord Steel of Aikwood
- Housing Market Reform Billlast stage: 1st reading, 30 Jan 2013 · Mr Gareth Thomas
- Human Rights Act 1998 (Repeal and Substitution) Billlast stage: 2nd reading, 1 Mar 2013 · Charlie Elphicke
- Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Further Provisions and Support for Victims) Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 15 May 2012 · Lord McColl of Dulwich
- Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (Amendment) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 23 Apr 2013 · Sarah Teather
- Independent Press Council Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 11 Dec 2012 · Lord Lester of Herne Hill
- Inheritance (Cohabitants) Bill [HL]last stage: 2nd reading, 19 Oct 2012 · Lord Lester of Herne Hill
- Interception of Communications (Admissibility of evidence) Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 16 May 2012 · Lord Lloyd of Berwick
- International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 20 Jun 2012 · Mark Hendrick
- Internships (Advertising and Regulation) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 5 Dec 2012 · Hazel Blears
- Land Value Tax Billlast stage: 1st reading, 25 Jun 2012 · Caroline Lucas
- Landlord Accreditation Billlast stage: 1st reading, 25 Jun 2012 · Caroline Lucas
- Littering from Vehicles Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 18 Jul 2012 · Lord Marlesford
- Local Authority Devolution and Powers Billlast stage: 1st reading, 27 Feb 2013 · John Pugh
- Local Services (Planning) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 10 Jul 2012 · Dr Julian Huppert
- Lords Spiritual Billlast stage: 1st reading, 12 Dec 2012 · Mr Frank Field
- Marine Navigation Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 15 May 2012 · Lord Berkeley
- Marriage (Approved Organisations) Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 16 May 2012 · Lord Harrison
- Medical Innovation Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 3 Dec 2012 · Lord Saatchi
- Membership of the House of Lords (Elections) Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 11 Jun 2012 · Lord Selsdon
- Mental Health (Discrimination) Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 15 May 2012 · Lord Stevenson of Coddenham
- Micro Businesses and Energy Contract Roll-Over Billlast stage: 1st reading, 25 Jun 2012 · Caroline Lucas
- Multinational Motor Manufacturing Companies (Duty of Care to Former Employees) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 12 Dec 2012 · Geraint Davies
- National Commonwealth Military Day Billlast stage: 1st reading, 12 Mar 2013 · Graham Evans
- National Health Service (Amended Duties and Powers) Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 28 Jan 2013 · Lord Owen
- NHS Audit Requirements (Foreign Nationals) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 11 Sept 2012 · Henry Smith
- Off-Road Vehicles (Registration) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 20 Jun 2012 · Lindsay Roy
- Offshore Gambling Billlast stage: 1st reading, 25 Jun 2012 · Matthew Hancock
- Online Safety Bill [HL]last stage: 2nd reading, 9 Nov 2012 · Baroness Howe of Idlicote
- Parish and Town Council Precepts (Referendums) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 19 Mar 2013 · Kris Hopkins
- Planning Act 2008 (Amendment) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 12 Dec 2012 · Phil Wilson
- Planning Applications (Community Right of Appeal) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 11 Dec 2012 · Chris Skidmore
- Planning Permission (Financial Penalties) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 24 Apr 2013 · Jeremy Lefroy
- Plastic Glasses and Bottles (Mandatory Use) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 4 Sept 2012 · Ian Lucas
- Ports Act 1991 (Amendment) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 25 Jun 2012 · Charlie Elphicke
- Pre-Paid Meters (Level of Debt) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 5 Sept 2012 · John Robertson
- Presumption of Death and Provisions Relating to Missing Persons Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 14 May 2012 · Baroness Kramer
- Price Marking (Consumer Information) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 20 Jun 2012 · Jo Swinson
- Property Blight Compensation Billlast stage: 1st reading, 5 Mar 2013 · Mrs Caroline Spelman
- Property Boundaries (Resolution of Disputes) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 25 Jun 2012 · Charlie Elphicke
- Protection of Workers Billlast stage: 1st reading, 30 Oct 2012 · Graeme Morrice
- Public Debt Management Billlast stage: 1st reading, 25 Jun 2012 · Ben Gummer
- Recall of Elected Representatives Billlast stage: 1st reading, 27 Jun 2012 · Zac Goldsmith
- Referendum (European Union) Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 29 May 2012 · Lord Willoughby de Broke
- Regulation of Bailiffs Billlast stage: 1st reading, 8 Jan 2013 · Mr Jim Cunningham
- Regulation of Signage and Ticketing Technology (Publicly-Available Car Parks) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 18 Sept 2012 · Nick Smith
- Regulation of the Private Rented Sector Billlast stage: 1st reading, 26 Feb 2013 · Jeremy Corbyn
- Relationship, Drug and Alcohol Education (Curriculum) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 17 Oct 2012 · Diana Johnson
- Representation of the People (Members' Job Share) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 20 Nov 2012 · John McDonnell
- Rights of the Sovereign and the Duchy of Cornwall Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 26 Mar 2013 · Lord Berkeley
- Science, Technology and Engineering (Careers Information in Schools) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 13 Feb 2013 · Peter Luff
- Smoke-free Private Vehicles Bill [HL]last stage: 2nd reading, 2 Nov 2012 · Lord Ribeiro
- Social Care (Local Sufficiency) and Identification of Carers Billlast stage: 1st reading, 20 Jun 2012 · Barbara Keeley
- Social Care Portability Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 26 Jun 2012 · Baroness Campbell of Surbiton
- Succession to Hereditary Peerages and Estates Billlast stage: 1st reading, 25 Mar 2013 · Mary Macleod
- Suicide (Prevention) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 13 Nov 2012 · Dr William McCrea
- Supermarket Pricing Information Billlast stage: 1st reading, 15 Jan 2013 · Mr John Denham
- Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007 (Amendment) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 4 Jul 2012 · Mr Nicholas Brown
- Train Companies (Minimum Fares) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 25 Jun 2012 · Thomas Docherty
- Transparency in UK Company Supply Chains (Eradication of Slavery) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 20 Jun 2012 · Michael Connarty
- UK Elected Representatives (Disclosure of Party Membership) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 26 Mar 2013 · Mr David Hanson
- Unduly Lenient Sentences (Right of Appeal) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 22 Jan 2013 · Gareth Johnson
- United Kingdom Borders Billlast stage: 1st reading, 11 Jul 2012 · Andrew Rosindell
- United Kingdom Membership of the European Union (Referendum) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 6 Feb 2013 · Mr John Baron
- Unpaid Work Orders (Pilot Scheme) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 24 Oct 2012 · John Glen
- Vehicle Fuel Receipts (Transparency of Taxation) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 16 Oct 2012 · Robert Halfon
- Voting Age (Comprehensive Reduction) Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 22 Oct 2012 · Lord Tyler
- Voting Age (Reduction to 16) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 23 Jan 2013 · Stephen Williams
- Water Companies (Minimum Tariffs) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 25 Jun 2012 · Thomas Docherty
- Water Companies (Social Tariffs) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 25 Jun 2012 · Thomas Docherty
- Welfare Cash Card Billlast stage: 1st reading, 18 Dec 2012 · Alec Shelbrooke
- Wild Animals in Circuses Billlast stage: 2nd reading, 18 Jan 2013 · Thomas Docherty
- Wind Turbines (Minimum Distance from Residential Premises) Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 14 May 2012 · Lord Reay
- Winter Fuel Allowance Payments (Off Gas Grid Claimants) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 20 Jun 2012 · Mr Mike Weir