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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 16 of 153

  1. Football Governance Act 2025 (Specified Competitions) Regulations 2025
    Laid 13 October 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
    Flagged by a committee · Debated
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  2. Broadcasting (Independent Productions) Regulations 2025
    Laid 13 October 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
    Debated
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  3. Online Safety (CSEA Content Reporting by Regulated User-to-User Service Providers) (Revocation) Regulations 2025
    Laid 10 October 2025 · Home Office · Made negative · SI 2025/1066
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Flagged by a committee
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  4. Iran (Sanctions) (Nuclear) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
    Laid 30 September 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Made negative · SI 2025/1052
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Flagged by a committee
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  5. Central Counterparties (Transitional Provision) (Extension and Amendment) Regulations 2025
    Laid 18 September 2025 · HM Treasury · Made negative · SI 2025/1030
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Flagged by a committee
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  6. Environmental Protection (Wet Wipes Containing Plastic) (England) Regulations 2025
    Laid 16 September 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
    Flagged by a committee · Debated
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  7. Trade Act 2021 (Power to Implement International Trade Agreements) (Extension to Expiry) Regulations 2025
    Laid 16 September 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
    Flagged by a committee · Debated
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  8. Building Regulations etc. (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2025
    Laid 15 September 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Made negative · SI 2025/1017
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Flagged by a committee
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  9. Merchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) Regulations 2025
    Laid 15 September 2025 · Department for Transport · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  10. International Development Association (Twenty-First Replenishment) Order 2025
    Laid 11 September 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
    Debated
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  11. Advertising (Less Healthy Food and Drink) (Brand Advertising Exemption) Regulations 2025
    Laid 10 September 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Made negative · SI 2025/1011
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Flagged by a committee
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  12. Aviation Security (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025
    Laid 10 September 2025 · Department for Transport · Made negative · SI 2025/1008
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  13. Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2025
    Laid 10 September 2025 · HM Treasury · Made negative · SI 2025/1003
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  14. Competition Appeal Tribunal (Amendment) Rules 2025
    Laid 10 September 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Made negative · SI 2025/999
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  15. Milton Keynes (Electoral Changes) Order 2025
    Laid 10 September 2025 · Local Government Boundary Commission for England · Draft negative
    Laid in draft. It can be made unless either House objects within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  16. Criminal Legal Aid (Standard Crime Contract) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
    Laid 10 September 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Made negative · SI 2025/1009
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Flagged by a committee
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  17. Non-Contentious Probate (Amendment) Rules 2025
    Laid 9 September 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Made negative · SI 2025/1004
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Flagged by a committee
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  18. National Health Service (Procurement, Slavery and Human Trafficking) Regulations 2025
    Laid 9 September 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
    Flagged by a committee · Debated
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  19. Tonnage Tax (Training Requirement) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2025
    Laid 9 September 2025 · Department for Transport · Made negative · SI 2025/1007
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  20. Heather and Grass etc. Burning (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
    Laid 9 September 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Made negative · SI 2025/1000
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Flagged by a committee · Prayed against · Debated
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  21. Electricity (Individual Exemption from the Requirement for a Generation Licence) (Riverside Energy Park) (England) Order 2025
    Laid 9 September 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Made negative · SI 2025/1001
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Flagged by a committee
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  22. Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (Designated Sites under Section 128) (Amendment) Order 2025
    Laid 8 September 2025 · Home Office · Made negative · SI 2025/998
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  23. Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Definition of Relevant Land) (Amendment) Order 2025
    Laid 8 September 2025 · Department for Transport · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
    Flagged by a committee · Debated
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  24. Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025
    Laid 5 September 2025 · Department for Transport · Proposed negative statutory instrument
    A proposal: a committee decides whether it should need a vote before it is made.
  25. Response to the Committee on Climate Change Report (Extension of Period) Order 2025
    Laid 4 September 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Made negative · SI 2025/991
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Flagged by a committee
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  26. National Health Service (Pharmaceutical and Local Pharmaceutical Services) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025
    Laid 3 September 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Made negative · SI 2025/989
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Flagged by a committee
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  27. Housing Benefit (Habitual Residence) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
    Laid 3 September 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Made negative · SI 2025/988
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  28. Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025
    Laid 2 September 2025 · Department for Transport · Proposed negative statutory instrument
    A proposal: a committee decides whether it should need a vote before it is made.
  29. Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Act 2020 (Extension of Operative Period) Regulations 2025
    Laid 2 September 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
    Flagged by a committee · Debated
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  30. Personal Injuries (NHS Charges) (Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
    Laid 1 September 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Made negative · SI 2025/986
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  31. Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Peru) Order 2025
    Laid 1 September 2025 · HM Revenue and Customs · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
    Debated
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  32. National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Prescription of Drugs etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
    Laid 1 September 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Made negative · SI 2025/987
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  33. Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2025
    Laid 22 August 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Made negative · SI 2025/969
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Flagged by a committee
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  34. Alcoholic Products (Repayment Interest Rate) (Alcohol Duty) Regulations 2025
    Laid 6 August 2025 · HM Treasury · Made negative · SI 2025/947
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  35. Global Irregular Migration and Trafficking in Persons Sanctions Regulations 2025
    Laid 22 July 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Made affirmative · SI 2025/902
    Already law, but it lapses unless Parliament approves it within a set time.
    Flagged by a committee
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  36. Criminal Procedure Rules 2025
    Laid 22 July 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Made negative · SI 2025/909
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Flagged by a committee
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  37. Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Mutual Recognition Agreement) (Switzerland) Regulations 2025
    Laid 21 July 2025 · HM Treasury · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
  38. Local Audit (Major Local Audit) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
    Laid 21 July 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Made negative · SI 2025/896
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  39. OTC Derivatives Risk Mitigation and Central Counterparties (Equivalence) (Switzerland) Regulations 2025
    Laid 21 July 2025 · HM Treasury · Made negative · SI 2025/898
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  40. Cosmetic Products (Restriction of Chemical Substances) (No. 2) Regulations 2025
    Laid 21 July 2025 · Department for Business and Trade (Closed) · Made negative · SI 2025/901
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  41. School Teachers' Pay and Conditions (England) Order 2025
    Laid 18 July 2025 · Department for Education · Made negative · SI 2025/892
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Flagged by a committee
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  42. Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2025
    Laid 18 July 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Made negative · SI 2025/893
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  43. Extradition Act 2003 (Amendment to Designations) Order 2025
    Laid 17 July 2025 · Home Office · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
    Flagged by a committee · Prayed against
  44. Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) and Persons Subject to Immigration Control (Housing Authority Accommodation and Homelessness) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
    Laid 17 July 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Made negative · SI 2025/891
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Flagged by a committee
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  45. Proposal for a Draft Human Rights Act 1998 (Remedial) Order 2025
    Laid 17 July 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Proposed draft remedial order
    A proposal to change a law a court found incompatible with human rights.
    Flagged by a committee
  46. Human Medicines (Authorisation by Pharmacists and Supervision by Pharmacy Technicians) Order 2025
    Laid 17 July 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
    Flagged by a committee
  47. Control of Mercury (Enforcement) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
    Laid 17 July 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
    Flagged by a committee · Prayed against
  48. Companies (Directors' Report) (Payment Reporting) Regulations 2025
    Laid 17 July 2025 · Department for Business and Trade (Closed) · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
  49. Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
    Laid 17 July 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Made negative · SI 2025/135
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Flagged by a committee
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  50. Social Security (Habitual Residence, Past Presence and Temporary Absence) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
    Laid 17 July 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Made negative · SI 2025/884
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Flagged by a committee
    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.