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Ministers make most UK law themselves, through statutory instruments, using powers an Act of Parliament gives them. Under the negative procedure an instrument becomes law, or stays law, unless Parliament objects in time. Few are ever debated.
704 laid before Parliament in the last 12 months; 181 of them were debated (26 per cent).
7,646 instruments, page 12 of 153
- Procurement (Amendment) Regulations 2026Laid 26 January 2026 · Cabinet Office · Draft affirmativeCannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.DebatedRead it on legislation.gov.uk
- Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) (Specified Period) Order 2026Laid 26 January 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Draft affirmativeCannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.DebatedRead it on legislation.gov.uk
- Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (Alternative Dispute Resolution) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026Laid 26 January 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Draft affirmativeCannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.DebatedRead it on legislation.gov.uk
- Goods Vehicles (Testing, Drivers' Hours and Tachographs etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2026Laid 26 January 2026 · Department for Transport · Draft affirmativeCannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.Flagged by a committee · DebatedRead it on legislation.gov.uk
- Airport Noise-related Operating Restrictions (Amendment) Regulations 2026Laid 23 January 2026 · Department for Transport · Proposed negative statutory instrumentA proposal: a committee decides whether it should need a vote before it is made.
- Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2026Laid 22 January 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Made negative · SI 2026/47Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.Read it on legislation.gov.uk
- Merchant Shipping (Monitoring, Reporting and Verification of Carbon Dioxide Emissions) (Revocation) Regulations 2026Laid 22 January 2026 · Department for Transport · Proposed negative statutory instrumentA proposal: a committee decides whether it should need a vote before it is made.
- Further Education (Initial Teacher Training) Regulations 2026Laid 22 January 2026 · Department for Education · Draft affirmativeCannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.Flagged by a committee · DebatedRead it on legislation.gov.uk
- Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026Laid 21 January 2026 · Department for Education · Draft affirmativeCannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.Read it on legislation.gov.uk
- Aviation Safety (Amendment) Regulations 2026Laid 21 January 2026 · Department for Transport · Proposed negative statutory instrumentA proposal: a committee decides whether it should need a vote before it is made.
- Merchant Shipping (General Lighthouse Authorities) (Increase of Borrowing Limit) Order 2026Laid 21 January 2026 · Department for Transport · Draft affirmativeCannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.DebatedRead it on legislation.gov.uk
- Employment Rights Act 2025 (Minimum Service Levels) (Consequential Revocation) Regulations 2026Laid 21 January 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Made negative · SI 2026/42Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.Read it on legislation.gov.uk
- Essex (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2026Laid 21 January 2026 · Local Government Boundary Commission for England · Draft negativeLaid in draft. It can be made unless either House objects within 40 days.Flagged by a committeeRead it on legislation.gov.uk
- Treatment of Conformity Assessment Bodies (Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the Government of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of India) Regulations 2026Laid 21 January 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Made negative · SI 2026/40Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.Flagged by a committeeRead it on legislation.gov.uk
- School and Early Years Finance (England) Regulations 2026Laid 20 January 2026 · Department for Education · Made negative · SI 2026/37Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.Flagged by a committeeRead it on legislation.gov.uk
- Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2026Laid 20 January 2026 · HM Treasury · Made negative · SI 2026/36Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.Read it on legislation.gov.uk
- Plant Varieties Act (Amendment) Regulations 2026Laid 20 January 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Proposed negative statutory instrumentA proposal: a committee decides whether it should need a vote before it is made.
- Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2026Laid 19 January 2026 · Home Office · Draft affirmativeCannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.Flagged by a committee · DebatedRead it on legislation.gov.uk
- Procurement Act 2023 (Specified International Agreements and Saving Provision) (Amendment) Regulations 2026Laid 19 January 2026 · Cabinet Office · Draft affirmativeCannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.Flagged by a committee · DebatedRead it on legislation.gov.uk
- Stockport Town Centre Mayoral Development Corporation (Establishment) Order 2026Laid 19 January 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Made negative · SI 2026/30Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.Read it on legislation.gov.uk
- Authorisation of Frequency Use for the Provision of Mobile Satellite Services (European Union) (Revocation etc.) Regulations 2026Laid 19 January 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Proposed negative statutory instrumentA proposal: a committee decides whether it should need a vote before it is made.
- Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026Laid 15 January 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Made negative · SI 2026/27Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.Read it on legislation.gov.uk
- Armed Forces Commissioner (Service Complaints Investigations) Regulations 2026Laid 15 January 2026 · Ministry of Defence · Made negative · SI 2026/24Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.Read it on legislation.gov.uk
- Westmorland and Furness (Electoral Changes) Order 2026Laid 15 January 2026 · Local Government Boundary Commission for England · Draft negativeLaid in draft. It can be made unless either House objects within 40 days.Read it on legislation.gov.uk
- Armed Forces (Service Complaints) (Amendment) Regulations 2026Laid 15 January 2026 · Ministry of Defence · Made negative · SI 2026/21Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.Flagged by a committeeRead it on legislation.gov.uk
- Firearms (Revocation, Consequential Amendment and Saving Provision) Regulations 2026Laid 15 January 2026 · Home Office · Proposed negative statutory instrumentA proposal: a committee decides whether it should need a vote before it is made.
- Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026Laid 15 January 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Draft affirmativeCannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.Read it on legislation.gov.uk
- Armed Forces Commissioner (Family Definition, and Consequential and Transitional Provision etc.) Regulations 2026Laid 15 January 2026 · Ministry of Defence · Draft affirmativeCannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.DebatedRead it on legislation.gov.uk
- Cosmetic Products Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 (Restriction of Chemical Substances) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026Laid 15 January 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Made negative · SI 2026/23Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.Flagged by a committeeRead it on legislation.gov.uk
- Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2026Laid 15 January 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Draft affirmativeCannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.DebatedRead it on legislation.gov.uk
- Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2026Laid 15 January 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Draft affirmativeCannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.DebatedRead it on legislation.gov.uk
- Surrey (Structural Changes) Order 2026Laid 14 January 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Draft affirmativeCannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.Flagged by a committee · DebatedRead it on legislation.gov.uk
- Employment Rights Act 1996 (Application of Section 80B to Adoptions from Overseas) (Amendment) Regulations 2026Laid 13 January 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Draft affirmativeCannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.DebatedRead it on legislation.gov.uk
- Employment Rights Act 1996 (Application of Section 80B to Parental Order Cases) (Amendment) Regulations 2026Laid 13 January 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Draft affirmativeCannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.DebatedRead it on legislation.gov.uk
- Bereaved Partner's Paternity Leave Regulations 2026Laid 13 January 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Draft affirmativeCannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.DebatedRead it on legislation.gov.uk
- Heavy Goods Vehicles (Charging for the Use of Certain Infrastructure on the Trans-European Road Network) (Revocation and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026Laid 13 January 2026 · Department for Transport · Proposed negative statutory instrumentA proposal: a committee decides whether it should need a vote before it is made.
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026Laid 13 January 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Draft affirmativeCannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.Flagged by a committee · Prayed against · DebatedRead it on legislation.gov.uk
- Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2026Laid 12 January 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Draft affirmativeCannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.DebatedRead it on legislation.gov.uk
- Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2026Laid 12 January 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Draft affirmativeCannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.Flagged by a committee · DebatedRead it on legislation.gov.uk
- Football Governance Act 2025 (Suitability Determination Period for Owners and Officers) Regulations 2026Laid 12 January 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Made negative · SI 2026/18Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.Read it on legislation.gov.uk
- Non-Domestic Rating (Small Business Rate Relief and Demand Notices) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026Laid 12 January 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Made negative · SI 2026/17Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.Flagged by a committeeRead it on legislation.gov.uk
- Employment Rights Act 2025 (Parental and Paternity Leave) (Removal of Qualifying Periods etc.) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026Laid 12 January 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Made negative · SI 2026/15Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.Read it on legislation.gov.uk
- Climate Change Levy (Fuel Use and Recycling Processes) (Amendment) Regulations 2026Laid 12 January 2026 · HM Treasury · Draft affirmativeCannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.DebatedRead it on legislation.gov.uk
- Social Security (Contributions) (Rates, Limits and Thresholds Amendments, National Insurance Funds Payments and Extension of Veteran's Relief) Regulations 2026Laid 12 January 2026 · HM Treasury · Draft affirmativeCannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.DebatedRead it on legislation.gov.uk
- Compulsory Purchase of Land (Vesting Declarations) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026Laid 12 January 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Made negative · SI 2026/19Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.Read it on legislation.gov.uk
- Energy-Intensive Industry Electricity Support Payments and Levy (Amendment) Regulations 2026Laid 12 January 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Draft affirmativeCannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.Flagged by a committee · DebatedRead it on legislation.gov.uk
- Child Benefit and Guardian's Allowance Up-rating Order 2026Laid 12 January 2026 · HM Treasury · Draft affirmativeCannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.DebatedRead it on legislation.gov.uk
- Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026Laid 8 January 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Made negative · SI 2026/6Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.Read it on legislation.gov.uk
- Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Modification) Order 2026Laid 8 January 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Made negative · SI 2026/5Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.Flagged by a committee · Prayed against · DebatedRead it on legislation.gov.uk
- Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement of Variation) Order 2026Laid 8 January 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Made negative · SI 2026/8Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.Read it on legislation.gov.uk
Source: UK Parliament Statutory Instruments API
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Instruments laid before Parliament only; some instruments are never laid.