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Bills that have received Royal Assent. The Acts that govern the country, ordered by most recent.

695 Acts on the statute book

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Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Act 2021

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A Bill to make provision about the mode of trial and maximum penalty for certain offences under the Animal Welfare Act 2006.

Presented by Chris Loder.
51% Aye · 49% No · 506 votes

Non-Domestic Rating (Public Lavatories) Act 2021

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A Bill to confer relief from non-domestic rates for hereditaments in England and Wales

Presented by Robert Jenrick.
51% Aye · 49% No · 485 votes

Trade Act 2021

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A Bill to make provision about the implementation of international trade agreements; to make provision establishing the Trade Remedies Authority and conferring functions on it; and to make provision about the collection and disclosure of information relating to trade.

Presented by Elizabeth Truss.
51% Aye · 49% No · 469 votesParliament: 335-243

Finance Act 2020

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A Bill to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the national debt and the public revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance.

Presented by Rishi Sunak.
52% Aye · 48% No · 525 votes

Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Act 2020

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A Bill to implement the Hague Conventions of 1996, 2005 and 2007 and to provide for the implementation of other international agreements on private international law.

Presented by Lord Keen of Elie.
52% Aye · 48% No · 524 votes

City of London (Various Powers) 2013

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The Bill (as originally introduced) would adjust the current street trading controls within the City of London, in particular to facilitate the holding of occasional events, by amending the City of London (Various Powers) Act 1987. Key areas empowers the City of London Corporation ('the Corporation') to grant temporary licences to carry out street trading…

52% Aye · 48% No · 509 votes

Canterbury City Council Act 2013

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The Bill (as originally introduced) makes provisions relating to street trading and consumer protection in the city, in particular by: allowing the Council to regulate services offered on the street as well as the sale of goods altering the exemption enjoyed by holders of a pedlar’s certificate from the street trading regime in the Local Government (Misce…

52% Aye · 48% No · 482 votes

Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020

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A Bill to make provision about companies and other entities in financial difficulty; and to make temporary changes to the law relating to the governance and regulation of companies and other entities.

Presented by Alok Sharma.
51% Aye · 49% No · 536 votes

Defamation Act

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The aim of the Bill is to reform the law of defamation to ensure that a fair balance is struck between the right to freedom of expression and the protection of reputation. The Bill makes a number of substantive changes to the law of defamation, but is not designed to codify the law into a single statute. Key areas includes a requirement for claimants to s…

Presented by Mr Kenneth Clarke.
51% Aye · 49% No · 540 votes

Academies Act 2010

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The Bill would enable more schools in England to become academies. The Government expects a significant number of academies to open in September 2010, and for the number to grow each year. Academies would be funded at a comparable level to maintained schools but would also get their share of central funding that local authorities used to spend on their be…

Presented by Michael Gove.
54% Aye · 46% No · 562 votes

Contingencies Fund Act 2021

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A Bill to make provision increasing the maximum capital of the Contingencies Fund for a temporary period.

Presented by Rishi Sunak.
52% Aye · 48% No · 472 votes

Non-Domestic Rating (Lists) Act 2021

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A Bill to make provision to change the dates on which non-domestic rating lists must be compiled; and to change the dates by which proposed lists must be sent to billing authorities, the Secretary of State or the Welsh Ministers.

Presented by Robert Jenrick.
51% Aye · 49% No · 511 votes

Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Act 2021

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A Bill to amend the electronic communications code set out in Schedule 3A to the Communications Act 2003; and for connected purposes.

Presented by Matt Warman.
52% Aye · 48% No · 526 votes

Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2021

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A Bill to authorise the use of resources for the years ending with 31 March 2019, 31 March 2020, 31 March 2021 and 31 March 2022; to authorise the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund for the years ending 31 March 2020, 31 March 2021 and 31 March 2022; and to appropriate the supply authorised by this Act for the years ending with 31 March 2019, 31 M…

Presented by Jesse Norman.
52% Aye · 48% No · 490 votes

Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020

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A Bill to make provision to end rights to free movement of persons under retained EU law and to repeal other retained EU law relating to immigration; to confer power to modify retained direct EU legislation relating to social security co-ordination; and for connected purposes.

Presented by Priti Patel.
51% Aye · 49% No · 556 votesParliament: 342-248

Trade (Disclosure of Information) Act 2020

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A Bill to make provision about the disclosure of information relating to trade.

Presented by Elizabeth Truss.
52% Aye · 48% No · 531 votes

Medicines and Medical Devices Act 2021

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A Bill to confer power to amend or supplement the law relating to human medicines, veterinary medicines and medical devices; make provision about the enforcement of regulations, and the protection of health and safety, in relation to medical devices; and for connected purposes.

Presented by Matt Hancock.
53% Aye · 47% No · 473 votes

Ministerial and other Maternity Allowances Act 2021

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A Bill to make provision for payments to or in respect of Ministers and holders of Opposition offices on maternity leave.

Presented by Penny Mordaunt.
51% Aye · 49% No · 527 votes

Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Act 2021

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A Bill to make provision for, and in connection with, the authorisation of criminal conduct in the course of, or otherwise in connection with, the conduct of covert human intelligence sources.

Presented by Priti Patel.
52% Aye · 48% No · 492 votesParliament: 313-98

Parliament (Joint Departments) Act 2007

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To provide for joint departments of the Houses of Parliament; and for connected purposes.

Presented by Baroness Amos.
51% Aye · 49% No · 518 votes