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Bills by session · Parliament 56, session 1
2015-16 session
18 May 2015 to 12 May 2016. 191 bills were introduced, and 2 carried over into it from an earlier session.
Became law (Royal Assent) (30)
Passed both Houses and received Royal Assent in this session.
- Access to Medical Treatments (Innovation) Act 2016Royal Assent 23 Mar 2016 · Chris Heaton-Harris
- Armed Forces Act 2016Royal Assent 12 May 2016 · Michael Fallon
- Bank of England and Financial Services Act 2016Royal Assent 4 May 2016 · Lord Bridges of Headley
- Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Act 2016Royal Assent 16 Mar 2016 · Lord Bridges of Headley
- Childcare Act 2016Royal Assent 16 Mar 2016 · Lord Nash
- Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016Royal Assent 28 Jan 2016 · Baroness Williams of Trafford
- Criminal Cases Review Commission (Information) Act 2016Royal Assent 12 May 2016 · William Wragg
- Driving Instructors (Registration) Act 2016Royal Assent 12 May 2016 · Sir David Amess
- Education and Adoption ActRoyal Assent 16 Mar 2016 · Nicky Morgan
- Energy Act 2016Royal Assent 12 May 2016 · Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
- Enterprise Act 2016Royal Assent 4 May 2016 · Baroness Neville-Rolfe
- European Union (Approvals) Act 2015Royal Assent 17 Dec 2015 · Lord Freud
- European Union (Finance) Act 2015Royal Assent 21 Jul 2015 · Mr George Osborne
- European Union Referendum Act 2015Royal Assent 17 Dec 2015 · Mr Philip Hammond
- Finance (No. 2) Act 2015Royal Assent 18 Nov 2015 · Mr David Gauke
- House of Commons Members’ Fund Act 2016Royal Assent 12 May 2016 · Sir Paul Beresford
- Housing and Planning Act 2016Royal Assent 12 May 2016 · Greg Clark
- Immigration Act 2016Royal Assent 12 May 2016 · Mrs Theresa May
- National Insurance Contributions (Rate Ceilings) Act 2015Royal Assent 17 Dec 2015 · Mr George Osborne
- NHS (Charitable Trusts Etc) Act 2016Wendy Morton
- Northern Ireland (Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan) Act 2016Royal Assent 4 May 2016 · Mrs Theresa Villiers
- Northern Ireland (Welfare Reform) Act 2015Royal Assent 25 Nov 2015 · Mrs Theresa Villiers
- Psychoactive Substances Act 2016Royal Assent 28 Jan 2016 · Lord Bates
- Riot Compensation Act 2016Royal Assent 23 Mar 2016 · Mike Wood
- Scotland Act 2016David Mundell
- Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2016Royal Assent 16 Mar 2016 · Mr David Gauke
- Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2015Royal Assent 21 Jul 2015 · Mr David Gauke
- Trade Union Act 2016Royal Assent 4 May 2016 · Sajid Javid
- Transport for London Act 2016carried over from the 2010-12 session · Royal Assent 4 May 2016
- Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016Royal Assent 16 Mar 2016 · Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Carried over to the next session (8)
Parliament agreed to continue these bills in the following session.
- City of London Corporation (Open Spaces) Act 2018continued in the 2017-19 session · last stage: Royal Assent, 15 Mar 2018
- Faversham Oyster Fishery Company Act 2017continued in the 2016-17 session · last stage: Royal Assent, 27 Apr 2017
- Finance Act 2016continued in the 2016-17 session · last stage: Royal Assent, 15 Sept 2016 · Mr David Gauke
- Haberdashers' Aske's Charity Act 2016continued in the 2016-17 session · last stage: Royal Assent, 15 Sept 2016
- High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Act 2017continued in the 2016-17 session · carried over from the 2013-14 session · last stage: Royal Assent, 23 Feb 2017 · Mr Patrick McLoughlin
- Investigatory Powers Act 2016continued in the 2016-17 session · last stage: Royal Assent, 29 Nov 2016 · Amber Rudd
- New Southgate Cemetery Act 2017continued in the 2017-19 session · last stage: Royal Assent, 16 Nov 2017
- Policing and Crime Act 2017continued in the 2016-17 session · last stage: Royal Assent, 31 Jan 2017 · Amber Rudd
Did not finish before the session ended (155)
A bill that has not passed by the end of a session falls, unless Parliament agrees to carry it over.
- Access to Palliative Care Bill [HL]last stage: 3rd reading, 23 Feb 2016 · Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
- Accessible Sports Grounds Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 20 Jan 2016 · Lord Faulkner of Worcester
- Advertising of Prostitution (Prohibition) Bill [HL]last stage: 2nd reading, 23 Oct 2015 · Lord McColl of Dulwich
- Age of Criminal Responsibility Bill [HL]last stage: 2nd reading, 29 Jan 2016 · Lord Dholakia
- Air Quality (Diesel Emissions in Urban Centres) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 23 Feb 2016 · Geraint Davies
- Airports Act 1986 (Amendment) Bill [HL]last stage: Order of Commitment discharged, 29 Jan 2016 · Lord Empey
- Arbitration and Mediation Services (Equality) Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 11 Feb 2016 · Baroness Cox
- Armed Forces Covenant (Implementation) (United Kingdom) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 9 Dec 2015 · Sammy Wilson
- Armed Forces Deployment (Royal Prerogative) Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 9 Jun 2015 · Baroness Falkner of Margravine
- Assessment of Government Policies (Impact on Families) Billlast stage: 2nd reading, 4 Dec 2015 · Caroline Ansell
- Assisted Dying (No. 2) Billlast stage: 2nd reading, 11 Sept 2015 · Rob Marris
- Assisted Dying Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 4 Jun 2015 · Lord Falconer of Thoroton
- Asylum (Unaccompanied Children Displaced by Conflict) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 8 Dec 2015 · Tim Farron
- Automatic Electoral Registration (No. 2) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 3 Feb 2016 · Siobhain McDonagh
- Automatic Electoral Registration Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 9 Jun 2015 · Baroness McDonagh
- Basement Excavation (Restriction of Permitted Development) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 16 Sept 2015 · Ms Karen Buck
- Bat Habitats Regulation (No.2) Billlast stage: 2nd reading, 5 Feb 2016 · Mr Christopher Chope
- Bat Habitats Regulation Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 11 Jun 2015 · Lord Cormack
- BBC Privatisation Billlast stage: 1st reading, 29 Jun 2015 · Mr Peter Bone
- Benefit Entitlement (Restriction) Billlast stage: 2nd reading, 5 Feb 2016 · Mr Christopher Chope
- Benefit Sanctions Regime (Entitlement to Automatic Hardship Payments) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 27 Oct 2015 · Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
- Blood Donor (Equality) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 9 Feb 2016 · Tim Farron
- Bread and Flour Regulations (Folic Acid) Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 30 Jun 2015 · Lord Rooker
- Cannabis (Legalisation and Regulation) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 23 Mar 2016 · Norman Lamb
- Carers (Leave Entitlement) Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 10 Jun 2015 · Baroness Tyler of Enfield
- Chancel Repairs Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 3 Jun 2015 · Lord Avebury
- Child Victims of Human Trafficking (Central Government Responsibility) Billlast stage: 2nd reading, 29 Jan 2016 · Mr Peter Bone
- Civil Enforcement Officers and Traffic Wardens (Integration of Duties and Powers) (England) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 14 Jul 2015 · Mr Philip Hollobone
- Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Amendment) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 21 Oct 2015 · Tim Loughton
- Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment (Amendment) Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 17 Mar 2016 · Lord Selsdon
- Cohabitation Rights Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 4 Jun 2015 · Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames
- Compulsory Emergency First Aid Education (State-funded Secondary Schools) Billlast stage: 2nd reading, 20 Nov 2015 · Teresa Pearce
- Conscientious Objection (Medical Activities) Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 4 Jun 2015 · Baroness O'Loan
- Constitutional Convention (No. 2) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 21 Jul 2015 · Mr Graham Allen
- Constitutional Convention Bill [HL]last stage: Committee stage, 11 Dec 2015 · Lord Purvis of Tweed
- Consumer Protection (Distance Selling Delivery Charges) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 24 Feb 2016 · Drew Hendry
- Consumer Protection (Standards of Fire Resistance of Children's Fancy Dress and Play Costumes Etc) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 1 Dec 2015 · Mrs Anne Main
- Convicted Prisoners Voting Billlast stage: 1st reading, 6 Jul 2015 · Mr Christopher Chope
- Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Duty to Investigate) (Amendment) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 10 Nov 2015 · Ann Coffey
- Council Tax Valuation Bands Bill [HL]last stage: Committee stage, 22 Apr 2016 · Lord Marlesford
- Criminal Cases Review Commission (Supplementary Powers) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 16 Jul 2015 · Andy McDonald
- Criminal Driving (Justice for Victims) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 12 Jan 2016 · Greg Mulholland
- Criminal Offences (Misuse of Digital Technologies and Services) (Consolidation) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 9 Mar 2016 · Liz Saville Roberts
- Crown Tenancies Billlast stage: 1st reading, 24 Jun 2015 · Mark Pawsey
- Defence Expenditure (NATO Target) Billlast stage: 2nd reading, 23 Oct 2015 · Sir Gerald Howarth
- Department of Energy and Climate Change (Abolition) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 29 Jun 2015 · Mr Peter Bone
- Devolution (Bank Holidays) (Wales) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 1 Mar 2016 · Mr Mark Williams
- Devolution (London) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 8 Sept 2015 · Gareth Thomas
- Direct Planning (Pilot) Bill [HL]last stage: 2nd reading, 20 Nov 2015 · Lord Lexden
- Divorce (Financial Provision) Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 4 Jun 2015 · Baroness Deech
- Driving Licence (Mandatory First Aid Training) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 8 Mar 2016 · Will Quince
- Duchy of Cornwall Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 10 Jun 2015 · Lord Berkeley
- Easter Trading Bill [HL]last stage: 2nd reading, 19 Jun 2015 · Baroness Turner of Camden
- Employment Status (Review) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 2 Mar 2016 · Mr Jim Cunningham
- English National Anthem Billlast stage: 1st reading, 13 Jan 2016 · Toby Perkins
- Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 11 Jun 2015 · Lord Blencathra
- EU Membership (Audit of Costs and Benefits) Billlast stage: 2nd reading, 26 Feb 2016 · Mr Peter Bone
- European Parliament Elections Billlast stage: 2nd reading, 4 Mar 2016 · Mr Christopher Chope
- European Union (Information, etc.) Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 8 Jun 2015 · Lord Dykes
- European Union Citizens (Electoral Rights) Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 4 Jun 2015 · Lord Balfe
- Events and Festivals (Control of Flares, Fireworks and Smoke Bombs Etc) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 12 Apr 2016 · Nigel Adams
- Farm Produce (Labelling Requirements) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 19 Apr 2016 · Mrs Anne Main
- Food Waste (Reduction) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 9 Sept 2015 · Kerry McCarthy
- Football Governance (Supporters’ Participation) Billlast stage: 2nd reading, 4 Mar 2016 · Clive Efford
- Foreign National Offenders (Exclusion from the UK) Billlast stage: 2nd reading, 11 Mar 2016 · Mr Peter Bone
- Forensic Linguistics (Standards) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 20 Apr 2016 · Roger Mullin
- Fracking (Measurement and Regulation of Impacts) (Air, Water and Greenhouse Gas Emissions) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 8 Dec 2015 · Geraint Davies
- Free School Meals (Automatic Registration of Eligible Children) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 15 Dec 2015 · Frank Field
- Freedom of Information (Public Interest and Transparency) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 19 Jan 2016 · Tom Brake
- Gambling (Categorisation and Use of B2 Gaming Machines) Bill [HL]last stage: 2nd reading, 11 Mar 2016 · Lord Clement-Jones
- Government Departments (Decentralisation Target) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 10 Nov 2015 · Ian Austin
- Harbour, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847 (Amendment) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 10 May 2016 · Craig Mackinlay
- Health and Safety Executive (Powers) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 24 Jun 2015 · James Cleverly
- Health Services Commissioning (Equality and Accountability) (No. 2) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 9 Jul 2015 · Rehman Chishti
- Health Services Commissioning (Equality and Accountability) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 7 Jul 2015 · Rehman Chishti
- Higher Education (Information) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 24 Jun 2015 · Heidi Allen
- Highways (Improvement, Traffic Regulation and Traffic Management) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 24 Jun 2015 · Sir William Cash
- Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Billlast stage: 2nd reading, 16 Oct 2015 · Ms Karen Buck
- Hospital Parking Charges (Exemption for Carers) Billlast stage: 2nd reading, 30 Oct 2015 · Julie Cooper
- House of Commons Members' Fund Billlast stage: 1st reading, 20 Jan 2016 · Mr Christopher Chope
- House of Lords (Maximum Membership) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 6 Jul 2015 · Mr Christopher Chope
- House of Lords (Parliamentary Standards Etc) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 17 Nov 2015 · Sir Edward Leigh
- House of Lords Reform (Exclusion of Hereditary Peers) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 26 Apr 2016 · Mr David Hanson
- Illegal Immigrants (Criminal Sanctions) Billlast stage: 2nd reading, 4 Mar 2016 · Mr Christopher Chope
- Improvement of Rail Passenger Services (Use of Disruption Payments) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 13 Apr 2016 · Joan Ryan
- International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) (Amendment) Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 10 Jun 2015 · Lord Lipsey
- International Development (Population Dynamics) Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 15 Jun 2015 · Baroness Tonge
- International Trade Agreements (Scrutiny) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 16 Sept 2015 · Geraint Davies
- Landlord and Tenant (Reform) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 27 Apr 2016 · Tom Brake
- Laser Pens (Regulation of Sale, Ownership and Usage) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 9 Mar 2016 · Rehman Chishti
- Local Area Referendum (Disposal of School Playing Fields) Billlast stage: 2nd reading, 22 Jan 2016 · Tom Pursglove
- Local Government Finance (Tenure Information) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 24 Jun 2015 · Dame Angela Watkinson
- Marriage and Civil Partnership Registration (Mothers' Names) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 4 Nov 2015 · Christina Rees
- Marriage Registration Billlast stage: 1st reading, 17 Dec 2015 · Mrs Caroline Spelman
- Medical Innovation Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 8 Jun 2015 · Lord Saatchi
- Mental Health (Independent Advocacy) (England) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 24 Jun 2015 · Mr Geoffrey Cox
- Mesothelioma (Amendment) (No. 2) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 5 Jan 2016 · Mike Kane
- Mesothelioma (Amendment) Bill [HL]last stage: 2nd reading, 20 Nov 2015 · Lord Alton of Liverpool
- Mobile Telecommunications Network Coverage (Contractual Obligations) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 2 Feb 2016 · Mr Alistair Carmichael
- Multinational Enterprises (Financial Transparency) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 15 Mar 2016 · Caroline Flint
- National Health Service and Social Care (Commission) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 6 Jan 2016 · Norman Lamb
- National Health Service Billlast stage: 2nd reading, 11 Mar 2016 · Caroline Lucas
- Natural Environment Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 9 Sept 2015 · Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
- Negligence and Damages Billlast stage: 1st reading, 13 Oct 2015 · Andy McDonald
- No Fault Divorce Billlast stage: 1st reading, 13 Oct 2015 · Mr Richard Bacon
- Off-patent Drugs Billlast stage: 2nd reading, 6 Nov 2015 · Nick Thomas-Symonds
- Off-Shore Wind Farm Subsidies (Restriction) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 6 Jul 2015 · Mr Christopher Chope
- Ofsted Inspections (Schools' Rights of Challenge) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 9 Feb 2016 · John Pugh
- On-demand Audiovisual Services (Accessibility for People with Disabilities affecting Hearing or Sight or both) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 24 Jun 2015 · Lilian Greenwood
- Online Safety Bill [HL]last stage: Committee stage, 11 Dec 2015 · Baroness Howe of Idlicote
- Ovarian Cancer (Information) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 29 Jun 2015 · Mr Peter Bone
- Overseas Voters Billlast stage: 2nd reading, 26 Feb 2016 · Mr Christopher Chope
- Parks and Playing Fields in Public Ownership (Protection from Sale) Billlast stage: 2nd reading, 5 Feb 2016 · Tom Pursglove
- Pavement Parking (Protection of Vulnerable Pedestrians) Billlast stage: 2nd reading, 4 Dec 2015 · Simon Hoare
- Perinatal Mental Illness (NHS Family Services) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 14 Oct 2015 · Rehman Chishti
- Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education (Statutory Requirement) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 15 Jul 2015 · Caroline Lucas
- Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (Amendment) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 3 Nov 2015 · Bill Wiggin
- Planning (Subterranean Development) Bill [HL]last stage: 2nd reading, 20 Nov 2015 · Lord Dubs
- Polling Day (Saturday) Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 9 Jun 2015 · Lord Kennedy of Southwark
- Prime Minister (Temporary Appointment) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 29 Jun 2015 · Mr Peter Bone
- Profit-Sharing and Company Governance (Employees' Participation) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 26 Jan 2016 · Gareth Thomas
- Property Boundaries (Resolution of Disputes) Bill [HL]last stage: 2nd reading, 11 Sept 2015 · The Earl of Lytton
- Property Ownership in London (Registration) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 20 Apr 2016 · Frank Field
- Protection of Family Homes (Enforcement and Permitted Development) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 24 Nov 2015 · Steve McCabe
- Public Advocate Bill [HL]last stage: 2nd reading, 29 Jan 2016 · Lord Wills
- Public Nuisance from Wind Farms (Mandatory Liability Cover) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 21 Jul 2015 · Mr David Davis
- Public Services (Ownership and User Involvement) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 29 Jun 2015 · Caroline Lucas
- Railways Billlast stage: 1st reading, 29 Jun 2015 · Caroline Lucas
- Referendum (Local Authority Governance) Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 8 Jun 2015 · Baroness Janke
- Referendums (Franchise) Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 9 Jun 2015 · Lord Tyler
- Regulation of Enforcement Agents (Collection of Council Tax Arrears) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 28 Oct 2015 · Yvonne Fovargue
- Regulation of Health and Social Care Professions Etc. Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 16 Jun 2015 · Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
- Regulation of Political Opinion Polling Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 1 Mar 2016 · Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
- Rehabilitation of Offenders Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 11 Jun 2015 · Lord Ramsbotham
- Representation of the People (Young Persons’ Enfranchisement and Education) Billlast stage: 2nd reading, 11 Sept 2015 · Vicky Foxcroft
- Right to Die at Home Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 9 Jun 2015 · Lord Warner
- Road Traffic Act 1988 (Alcohol Limits) (Amendment) Bill [HL]last stage: 3rd reading, 5 May 2016 · Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
- Satellite Navigation (Updating Scheme) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 8 Sept 2015 · Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger
- Scotland Act 1998 (Amendment) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 25 Nov 2015 · Angus Brendan MacNeil
- Speed Limits on Roads (Devolved Powers) Billlast stage: 2nd reading, 5 Feb 2016 · Scott Mann
- Student Fees (Qualifying Persons) (England) Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 11 Jun 2015 · Lord Taverne
- Succession to Peerages Bill [HL]last stage: 2nd reading, 11 Sept 2015 · Lord Trefgarne
- Sugar in Food and Drinks (Targets, Labelling and Advertising) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 21 Oct 2015 · Geraint Davies
- Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Operators (Regulation) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 22 Mar 2016 · Wes Streeting
- Town and Country Planning (Electricity Generating Consent) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 4 May 2016 · Tom Blenkinsop
- Transparency and Accountability (European Union) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 3 May 2016 · Caroline Lucas
- Transport of Nuclear Weapons Billlast stage: 1st reading, 20 Jan 2016 · Owen Thompson
- UK Borders Control Billlast stage: 1st reading, 6 Jul 2015 · Mr Christopher Chope
- United Kingdom Borders (Control and Sovereignty) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 15 Sept 2015 · Andrew Rosindell
- Veterinary Nurses (Protection of Title) Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 10 Jun 2015 · Lord Trees
- Victims of Crime Etc (Rights, Entitlements and Related Matters) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 20 Oct 2015 · Keir Starmer
- Welfare of Cats (Breeding and Sale) Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 8 Jun 2015 · Lord Black of Brentwood
- Welfare of Women (Fertility Treatments) Bill [HL]last stage: 1st reading, 10 Jun 2015 · Baroness Grey-Thompson
- Wild Animals in Circuses (Prohibition) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 10 Feb 2016 · Will Quince
- Working Time Directive (Limitation) Billlast stage: 1st reading, 6 Jul 2015 · Mr Christopher Chope