Laws of the Land

To make provisions about disclosure and representations in connection with consumer insurance contracts.

The Bill provides for the introduction of a 'Universal Credit' to replace a range of existing means-tested benefits and tax credits for people of working age, starting from 2013. The Bill follows the November 2010 White Paper, 'Universal Credit: welfare that works', which set out the Coalition Government’s proposals for reforming welfare to improve…

The Bill aims to strengthen the social enterprise business sector and make the concept of 'social value' more relevant and important in the placement and provision of public services. Key areas places a duty on the Secretary of State to publish a 'national social enterprise strategy' to encourage engagement in social enterprise amends Section 4 of the Loc…

A Bill to amend the Licensing Act 2003 with respect to the performance of live music entertainment; and for connected purposes

The Bill provides Parliamentary authority for funds requested by the Government. It is part of 'supply procedure', which is how Parliament grants the Government’s requests for resources. Proceedings on the Bill are formal - there is no debate and the Bill goes through 'on the nod'. This type of Bill was previously known as the Consolidated Fund (App…

The Bill authorises the Treasury to loan up to £3.25bn to Ireland, and contains an order-making power to increase this limit subject to affirmative procedure in the Commons. It also arranges for six-monthly reporting to Parliament on the status of the loan.

The Bill makes changes to the way in which the monarchy is funded. It replaces the Civil List and other grants that support the Queen’s official duties with a new Sovereign Grant, based on a percentage of the profits of the Crown Estate. The new grant is designed to deliver at first a broadly similar level of finance in cash terms to what is availab…

This Bill gives effect to decisions made as part of the initial review of public expenditure undertaken soon after the 2010 General Election. Three schemes introduced by the previous Labour Government, the Child Trust Fund; the Saving Gateway; and the Health in Pregnancy Grant, are deemed to be unaffordable by the Coalition Government and will be brought…

The Bill is largely enabling legislation. It is the main legislative vehicle for taking forward the Government’s review of public bodies, the results of which were published in October 2010. The Bill would allow Ministers, by order, to abolish, merge or transfer the functions of the public bodies listed in the appropriate schedules to the Act. The B…

To consolidate the Charities Act 1993 and other enactments which relate to charities.

An Armed Forces Bill is required every five years. The last Bill received Royal Assent in November 2006 and therefore a new Bill is required in the 2010-2011 Session. The Bill provides the legal basis for the system of military law which exists in the UK, and an opportunity to make any suggested or necessary amendments. It also presents an opportunity to…

The provisions in the Bill follow on from the Coalition Government’s 'Review of Counter-Terrorism and Security Powers', published in January 2011. The Bill abolishes the system of control orders, established under the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005, and replaces it with a new regime designed to protect the public from terrorism, called Terrorism P…

The Bill fixes the date of the next General Election at 7 May 2015, and provides for five-year fixed terms. It includes provisions to allow the Prime Minister to alter the date by up to two months by Order. There are also two ways in which an election could be triggered before the end of the five-year term: if a motion of no confidence is passed and no al…

The Bill seeks to implement the legislative proposals in the Department for Education’s schools White Paper, 'The Importance of Teaching' and measures from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills relating to skills and the reform of higher education funding. It is therefore a very wide-ranging Bill. Key areas provides for the introduction…

The Bill will devolve greater powers to councils and neighbourhoods and give local communities more control over housing and planning decisions. Key areas The provisions relating to councils include: giving councils a general power of competence allowing councils to choose to return to the committee system of governance and allowing for referendums for el…

The Bill's provisions are divided into four main parts. Part 1 provides for the restructuring of Royal Mail, including the introduction of private sector capital and expertise from the sale of up to 90% of Royal Mail, an employee share scheme and provisions for Post Office Ltd to continue to be owned by the Crown or a mutual ownership structure Part 2 dea…

The Bill covers five distinct policy areas: police accountability and governance; alcohol licensing; the regulation of protests around Parliament Square; misuse of drugs; and the issue of arrest warrants in respect of private prosecutions for universal jurisdiction offences. Key areas replaces police authorities with directly elected Police and Crime Comm…

The four parts of the Bill include a range of measures related to pension provision. Key areas Accelerates the existing timetable for increasing the State Pension age to 66 Amends the legislative framework requiring employers to automatically enrol employees into a qualifying pension system and to make contributions to that scheme Amends legislation provi…

The Bill provides for the next General Election to be held under the Alternative Vote system, provided this change is endorsed in a referendum on 5 May 2011 and boundary changes have been made to reduce the size of the House of Commons to 600. The Bill also creates new rules for the redistribution of seats which will require 600 constituencies in the Comm…

The Bill gives effect to the Coalition Government’s commitment to put a stop to existing proposals for restructuring of councils in Norfolk, Devon and Suffolk. It would prevent implementation of any of the existing proposals for a single-tier local government structure - which in practice relate to these three counties - under the Local Government a…