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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 27 of 153

  1. Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
    Laid 7 November 2024 · Home Office · Made negative · SI 2024/1111
    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
  2. Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records and Registration) (Guernsey) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
    Laid 7 November 2024 · Home Office · Made negative · SI 2024/1112
    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
  3. Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records and Registration) (Jersey) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
    Laid 7 November 2024 · Home Office · Made negative · SI 2024/1113
    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. Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024
    Laid 7 November 2024 · HM Treasury · Made negative · SI 2024/1115
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  5. Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records and Registration) (Isle of Man) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
    Laid 7 November 2024 · Home Office · Made negative · SI 2024/1114
    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. Insurance and Reinsurance Undertakings (Overseas Insurance Regime, Transitional Provisions, etc.) Regulations 2024
    Laid 7 November 2024 · HM Treasury · Made negative · SI 2024/1116
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  7. Medicines (Gonadotrophin-Releasing Hormone Analogues) (Emergency Prohibition) (Extension) (No. 2) Order 2024
    Laid 6 November 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Made negative · SI 2024/1110
    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
  8. Silicon Valley Bank UK Limited Compensation Scheme Order 2024
    Laid 6 November 2024 · HM Treasury · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
  9. Whole of Government Accounts (Designation of Bodies) Order 2024
    Laid 5 November 2024 · HM Treasury · Made negative · SI 2024/1095
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  10. Feed Additives (Authorisations) and Uses of Feed Intended for Particular Nutritional Purposes (Amendment of Commission Regulation (EU) 2020/354) (England) Regulations 2024
    Laid 5 November 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Made negative · SI 2024/1101
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  11. Local Digital Television Programme Services (Amendment) Order 2024
    Laid 5 November 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Closed) · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
  12. Royal Mint Trading Fund (Extension and Variation) (Amendment) Order 2024
    Laid 5 November 2024 · HM Treasury · Made negative · SI 2024/1094
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  13. Asian Development Bank (Thirteenth Replenishment of the Asian Development Fund) Order 2024
    Laid 4 November 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
  14. Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2024
    Laid 4 November 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions · Made negative · SI 2024/1092
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
  15. Inter-American Investment Corporation (Further Payments to Capital Stock) Order 2024
    Laid 4 November 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
  16. Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Amendment) (Extension to Switzerland etc.) Regulations 2024
    Laid 4 November 2024 · Department for Business and Trade (Closed) · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
  17. Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
    Laid 4 November 2024 · Department for Transport · Made negative · SI 2024/1084
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  18. Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
    Laid 4 November 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Made negative · SI 2024/1093
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  19. Platform Operators (Due Diligence and Reporting Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
    Laid 4 November 2024 · HM Treasury · Made negative · SI 2024/1082
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  20. Insolvency Practitioners (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2024
    Laid 4 November 2024 · Department for Business and Trade (Closed) · Made negative · SI 2024/1090
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
  21. National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024
    Laid 1 November 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Made negative · SI 2024/1086
    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. Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (Protection and Disclosure of Information and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024
    Laid 31 October 2024 · Department for Business and Trade (Closed) · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
  23. Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Addition of Relevant Enactments) Regulations 2024
    Laid 31 October 2024 · HM Treasury · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
  24. Trade Marks (International Registration) (Amendment) Order 2024
    Laid 31 October 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (Closed) · Made negative · SI 2024/1077
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  25. Supplementary Protection Certificates (Amendments Relating to the Windsor Framework) Regulations 2024
    Laid 31 October 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (Closed) · Made negative · SI 2024/1075
    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. Unique Identifiers (Application of Company Law) Regulations 2024
    Laid 31 October 2024 · Department for Business and Trade (Closed) · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
  27. Code Manager Selection Regulations 2024
    Laid 31 October 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Made negative · SI 2024/1081
    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. Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Company Law) (No. 2) Regulations 2024
    Laid 31 October 2024 · Department for Business and Trade (Closed) · Made negative · SI 2024/1078
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  29. Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Search, Seizure and Detention of Property: Code of Practice) (Northern Ireland) Order 2024
    Laid 31 October 2024 · Home Office · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
  30. Housing (Right to Buy) (Limits on Discount) (England) Order 2024
    Laid 30 October 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Made negative · SI 2024/1073
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Flagged by a committee · Prayed against
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  31. Environmental Permitting (Electricity Generating Stations) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
    Laid 30 October 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
  32. Civil and Criminal Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Contribution Orders) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
    Laid 30 October 2024 · Ministry of Justice · Made negative · SI 2024/1074
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  33. National Security Act 2023 (Consequential Amendment of Primary Legislation) Regulations 2025
    Laid 29 October 2024 · Home Office · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
  34. Police Act 1997 (Authorisations to Interfere with Property: Relevant Offence) Regulations 2025
    Laid 29 October 2024 · Home Office · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
  35. Costs in the Court Martial Appeal Court (Amendment) Regulations 2024
    Laid 28 October 2024 · Ministry of Defence · Made negative · SI 2024/1062
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  36. Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024
    Laid 28 October 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
  37. Sentencing Act 2020 (Magistrates' Court Sentencing Powers) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
    Laid 28 October 2024 · Ministry of Justice · Made negative · SI 2024/1067
    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. Army and Royal Air Force (Terms of Service) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
    Laid 28 October 2024 · Ministry of Defence · Made negative · SI 2024/1059
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  39. Movement of Goods (Northern Ireland to Great Britain) (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Transitory Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024
    Laid 28 October 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
    Flagged by a committee · Prayed against
  40. Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2025
    Laid 28 October 2024 · Scotland Office · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
  41. Court Martial Appeal Court (Amendment) Rules 2024
    Laid 28 October 2024 · Ministry of Defence · Made negative · SI 2024/1060
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  42. Road Transport (International Passenger Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
    Laid 28 October 2024 · Department for Transport · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
    Flagged by a committee
  43. Medical Certificate of Cause of Death (Amendment) Regulations 2024
    Laid 25 October 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Made negative · SI 2024/1064
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  44. Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Transfer of Staff to the Office of Communications) Regulations 2024
    Laid 24 October 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (Closed) · Made negative · SI 2024/1047
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  45. Internet Television Equipment Regulations 2024
    Laid 24 October 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Closed) · Made negative · SI 2024/1056
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  46. Regulation of Premium Rate Services Order 2024
    Laid 24 October 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (Closed) · Made negative · SI 2024/1046
    Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.
    Read it on legislation.gov.uk
  47. Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024
    Laid 24 October 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
    Flagged by a committee
  48. Insurance Distribution (Regulated Activities and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024
    Laid 24 October 2024 · HM Treasury · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
  49. Environmental Protection (Single-use Vapes) (England) Regulations 2024
    Laid 23 October 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Draft affirmative
    Cannot become law until Parliament votes to approve it.
    Flagged by a committee
  50. Price Marking (Amendment) Order 2024
    Laid 23 October 2024 · Department for Business and Trade (Closed) · Made negative · SI 2024/1055
    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.