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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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Finance Act 2026

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A Bill to make provision in connection with finance.

Presented by Rachel Reeves.
22% Aye · 78% No · 1,481 votes

Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2026

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A Bill to Authorise the use of resources for the years ending with 31 March 2025, 31 March 2026 and 31 March 2027; to authorise the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund for those years; and to appropriate the supply authorised by this Act for the years ending with 31 March 2025 and 31 March 2026.

Presented by Dan Tomlinson.
22% Aye · 78% No · 1,115 votes

Finance Act 2025

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A Bill to make provision about finance.

Presented by Rachel Reeves.
45% Aye · 55% No · 583 votesParliament: 339-172

Sustainable Aviation Fuel Act 2026

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A Bill to Make provision about sustainable aviation fuel.

Presented by Heidi Alexander.
24% Aye · 76% No · 1,165 votes

Rare Cancers Act 2026

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A Bill to make provision to incentivise research and investment into the treatment of rare types of cancer; and for connected purposes.

Presented by Dr Scott Arthur.
73% Aye · 27% No · 1,110 votes

Medical Training (Prioritisation) Act 2026

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A Bill to Make provision about the prioritisation of graduates from medical schools in the United Kingdom and certain other persons for places on medical training programmes.

Presented by Wes Streeting.
79% Aye · 21% No · 1,205 votes

Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2025

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A Bill to Authorise the use of resources for the years ending with 31 March 2024, 31 March 2025 and 31 March 2026; to authorise the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund for those years; and to appropriate the supply authorised by this Act for the years ending with 31 March 2024 and 31 March 2025.

Presented by James Murray.
32% Aye · 68% No · 827 votes

Renters’ Rights Act 2025

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A Bill to make provision changing the law about rented homes, including provision abolishing fixed term assured tenancies and assured shorthold tenancies; imposing obligations on landlords and others in relation to rented homes and temporary and supported accommodation; and for connected purposes.

Presented by Angela Rayner.
34% Aye · 66% No · 978 votesParliament: 440-111

Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025

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A Bill to make provision about infrastructure; to make provision about town and country planning; to make provision for a scheme, administered by Natural England, for a nature restoration levy payable by developers; to make provision about development corporations; to make provision about the compulsory purchase of land; to make provision about environmen…

Presented by Angela Rayner.
42% Aye · 58% No · 683 votesParliament: 306-174

Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Act 2026

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A Bill to make provision for and in connection with the implementation by the United Kingdom of the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction.

Presented by Yvette Cooper.
42% Aye · 58% No · 614 votes

Secure 16 to 19 Academies Act 2026

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A Bill to make provision about the notice period for termination of funding agreements for secure 16 to 19 Academies; to make provision about the Secretary of State’s duty to consider the impact on existing educational institutions when it is proposed to establish or expand a secure 16 to 19 Academy; and to alter the consultation question required when it…

Presented by Emma Foody.
43% Aye · 57% No · 595 votes

Licensing Hours Extensions Act 2026

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A Bill to amend the Licensing Act 2003 so that licensing hours Orders can be made by negative resolution statutory instrument.

Presented by Andrew Ranger.
58% Aye · 42% No · 598 votes

Infrastructure (Financial Assistance) Act 2012

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The Bill allows the Government to provide financial assistance of up to £50 billion in support of infrastructure investment. This limit could be increased by order. The Government would have to report to Parliament at the end of each financial year on any commitments made under the Bill’s provisions.

Presented by Mr George Osborne.
42% Aye · 58% No · 641 votes

Sentencing Act 2026

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A Bill to make provision about the sentencing, release and management after sentencing of offenders; to make provision about bail; to make provision about the removal from the United Kingdom of foreign criminals; and for connected purposes.

Presented by Shabana Mahmood.
41% Aye · 59% No · 616 votesParliament: 321-103

Holocaust Memorial Act 2026

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A Bill to make provision for expenditure by the Secretary of State and the removal of restrictions in respect of certain land for or in connection with the construction of a Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre.

Presented by Angela Rayner.
54% Aye · 46% No · 656 votes

Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Act 2026

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A Bill to create an offence of unauthorised entry at football matches for which a football banning order can be imposed following conviction.

Presented by Linsey Farnsworth.
46% Aye · 54% No · 620 votes

Employment Rights Act 2025

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A Bill to make provision to amend the law relating to employment rights; to make provision about procedure for handling redundancies; to make provision about the treatment of workers involved in the supply of services under certain public contracts; to provide for duties to be imposed on employers in relation to equality; to amend the definition of “emplo…

Presented by Jonathan Reynolds.
42% Aye · 58% No · 598 votesParliament: 333-100

Space Industry (Indemnities) Act 2025

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A Bill to require operator licences authorising the carrying out of spaceflight activities to specify the licensee's indemnity limit.

Presented by John Grady.
54% Aye · 46% No · 573 votes

Mental Health Act 2025

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A Bill to make provision to amend the Mental Health Act 1983 in relation to mentally disordered persons; and for connected purposes.

Presented by Baroness Merron.
55% Aye · 45% No · 558 votes

Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Act

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A Bill to make provision changing the law about the offence of livestock worrying, including changes to what constitutes an offence and increased powers for investigation of suspected offences; and for connected purposes.

Presented by Aphra Brandreth.
57% Aye · 43% No · 555 votes