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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 25 of 153

  1. Thurrock (Electoral Changes) Order 2025
    Laid 11 December 2024 · Local Government Boundary Commission for England · Draft negative
    Laid in draft. It can be made unless either House objects within 40 days.
  2. Canterbury (Electoral Changes) Order 2025
    Laid 11 December 2024 · Local Government Boundary Commission for England · Draft negative
    Laid in draft. It can be made unless either House objects within 40 days.
  3. Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority Regulations 2025
    Laid 11 December 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
  4. Medicines (Gonadotrophin-Releasing Hormone Analogues) (Restrictions on Private Sales and Supplies) Order 2024
    Laid 11 December 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Made negative · SI 2024/1319
    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. Housing (Right to Buy or Acquire) (Designated Rural Areas etc.) (England) Order 2024
    Laid 11 December 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Made negative · SI 2024/1309
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  6. Companies (Accounts and Reports) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2024
    Laid 10 December 2024 · Department for Business and Trade (Closed) · Made negative · SI 2024/1303
    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
  7. Controlled Foreign Companies (Reversal of State Aid Recovery) Regulations 2024
    Laid 10 December 2024 · HM Treasury · Made negative · SI 2024/1307
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  8. Gambling Act 2005 (Operating Licence Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
    Laid 10 December 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Closed) · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
    Flagged by a committee
  9. Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Disclosure of Confidential Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
    Laid 10 December 2024 · HM Treasury · Made negative · SI 2024/1306
    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
  10. Community Radio Order 2025
    Laid 10 December 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Closed) · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
  11. Gambling Levy Regulations 2025
    Laid 10 December 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Closed) · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
  12. Enterprise Act 2002 (Part 9 Restrictions on Disclosure of Information) (Amendment) Order 2024
    Laid 9 December 2024 · Department for Business and Trade (Closed) · Made negative · SI 2024/1291
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  13. Procurement Act 2023 (Consequential and Other Amendments) Regulations 2025
    Laid 9 December 2024 · Cabinet Office · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
  14. Miners' Strike (Pardons) (Scotland) Act 2022 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2024
    Laid 9 December 2024 · Scotland Office · Made negative · SI 2024/1304
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  15. Aviation Security (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024
    Laid 9 December 2024 · Department for Transport · Made negative · SI 2024/1293
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  16. Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2024
    Laid 9 December 2024 · HM Treasury · Made negative · SI 2024/1292
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  17. Tribunal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2024
    Laid 6 December 2024 · Ministry of Justice · Made negative · SI 2024/1283
    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. Employment Tribunals (Procedure Rules) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024
    Laid 6 December 2024 · Ministry of Justice · Made negative · SI 2024/1156
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  19. Register of Overseas Entities (Protection and Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
    Laid 6 December 2024 · Department for Business and Trade (Closed) · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
    Flagged by a committee
  20. Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024
    Laid 6 December 2024 · Ministry of Justice · Made negative · SI 2024/1155
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  21. Armed Forces (Court Martial) (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2024
    Laid 5 December 2024 · Ministry of Defence · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
  22. Designation of Special Tax Sites (Anglesey Freeport) Regulations 2024
    Laid 5 December 2024 · HM Treasury · Made negative · SI 2024/1286
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  23. First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Chambers) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2024
    Laid 5 December 2024 · Ministry of Justice · Made negative · SI 2024/1285
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  24. Airports Slot Allocation (Alleviation of Usage Requirements etc.) Regulations 2025
    Laid 4 December 2024 · Department for Transport · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
    Flagged by a committee
  25. Branded Health Service Medicines (Costs) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
    Laid 4 December 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Made negative · SI 2024/1277
    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. Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2025
    Laid 4 December 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
  27. International Waste Shipments (Amendment) Regulations 2024
    Laid 4 December 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Made negative · SI 2024/1281
    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
  28. Proposal for the Draft Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 (Remedial) Order 2024
    Laid 4 December 2024 · Northern Ireland Office · Proposed draft remedial order
    A proposal to change a law a court found incompatible with human rights.
    Flagged by a committee · Prayed against
  29. Voter Identification (Principal Area, Parish and Greater London Authority Elections) (Amendment) Rules 2024
    Laid 4 December 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Made negative · SI 2024/1271
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  30. Tuberculosis (Non-bovine animals) Slaughter and Compensation (England) (Amendment) Order 2024
    Laid 4 December 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Made negative · SI 2024/1279
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  31. Greater London Authority (Consolidated Council Tax Requirement Procedure) Regulations 2024
    Laid 4 December 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Made negative · SI 2024/1276
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  32. Separation of Waste (England) Regulations 2025
    Laid 3 December 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
    Flagged by a committee
  33. Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024
    Laid 3 December 2024 · Ministry of Justice · Made negative · SI 2024/1270
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  34. Markets in Financial Instruments (Equivalence) (Singapore) Regulations 2024
    Laid 3 December 2024 · HM Treasury · Made negative · SI 2024/1267
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  35. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2025
    Laid 3 December 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
  36. Customs (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2024
    Laid 3 December 2024 · HM Treasury · Made negative · SI 2024/1265
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  37. Advertising (Less Healthy Food Definitions and Exemptions) Regulations 2024
    Laid 3 December 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Made negative · SI 2024/1266
    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
  38. Excise Duties (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Regulations 2024
    Laid 2 December 2024 · HM Revenue and Customs · Made negative · SI 2024/1262
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  39. Damages (Personal Injury) (England and Wales) Order 2024
    Laid 2 December 2024 · Ministry of Justice · Made negative · SI 2024/1261
    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
  40. National Security Act 2023 (Prohibited Place) Regulations 2024
    Laid 2 December 2024 · Home Office · Made negative · SI 2024/1257
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  41. Local Authority (Duty to Secure Early Years Provision Free of Charge) and Childcare (Free of Charge for Working Parents) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
    Laid 29 November 2024 · Department for Education · Made negative · SI 2024/1228
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  42. Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 and Consumer Rights Act 2015 (Turnover and Control) Regulations 2024
    Laid 29 November 2024 · Department for Business and Trade (Closed) · Made negative · SI 2024/1243
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  43. Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers and Market Investigations) (Determination of Control and Turnover for Penalties) Regulations 2024
    Laid 29 November 2024 · Department for Business and Trade (Closed) · Made negative · SI 2024/1236
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  44. Water Mergers (Modification of Enactments) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
    Laid 29 November 2024 · Department for Business and Trade (Closed) · Made negative · SI 2024/1234
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  45. Competition Act 1998 (Determination of Turnover for Penalties) Regulations 2024
    Laid 29 November 2024 · Department for Business and Trade (Closed) · Made negative · SI 2024/1235
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  46. Competition Appeal Tribunal (Amendment) Rules 2024
    Laid 29 November 2024 · Department for Business and Trade (Closed) · Made negative · SI 2024/1233
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  47. Sentencing Act 2020 (Special Procedures for Community and Suspended Sentence Orders) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
    Laid 28 November 2024 · Ministry of Justice · Made negative · SI 2024/1220
    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
  48. Heat Networks (Market Framework) (Great Britain) Regulations 2025
    Laid 28 November 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
  49. National Health Service (Ophthalmic Services and Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
    Laid 28 November 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Made negative · SI 2024/1250
    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. Allocation of Housing (Qualification Criteria for Armed Forces) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
    Laid 27 November 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Made negative · SI 2024/1225
    Already 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.