Laws of the Land

Planning Bill The Bill introduces a new system for approving major infrastructure of national importance, such as harbours and waste facilities, and replaces current regimes under several pieces of legislation. The objective is to streamline these decisions and avoid long public inquiries. Key areas Decisions would be taken by a new Infrastructure Plannin…

The Bill paves the way for UK ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon, which was signed on 13 December 2007. The Lisbon Treaty is an amending Treaty. The Lisbon Treaty aims to reform the European Union’s institutions to enable it to function more efficiently with 27 Members. It also introduces new elements, many of which were in the abandoned 2004 cons…

The Bill proposes to replace the Child Support Agency with a new body, the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission. Parts 1-3 and Part 5 of the Bill aim to reform the child support maintenance system. Part 4 contains provisions to extend compensation to all people suffering from diffuse mesothelioma. The Child Support Agency was set up in 1993 follow…

The aim of the Bill is to clarify the legislation and regulations on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. This comes ahead of a restructuring of London & Continental Railways, who won the bid to construct the Channel Tunnel Rail Link in February 1996. In January 1998, the then Deputy Prime Minister announced that London & Continental Railways had failed…

To create a new offence that, in England and Wales or Northern Ireland, is to be called corporate manslaughter and, in Scotland, is to be called corporate homicide; and to make provision in connection with that offence.

Transport matters in London are devolved to Transport for London (TfL) under the Greater London Authority Act 1999. The Bill provides TfL with further powers related to its responsibilities for road user charging, London cabs and private hire vehicles, fare enforcement, street management and other miscellaneous matters. In particular, it: increases TfL's…

London Local Authorities and Transport for London Bill The Bill gives the London Borough Councils and Transport for London (TfL) further miscellaneous powers in respect of their responsibilities as highway, traffic and street authorities. These powers include: extending various provisions covering the procedures for immobilisation, removal and disposal of…

The Bill provides for the management of St Austell Market to be transferred from The Commissioners of St. Austell Markets and Fairs to a community interest company, St. Austell Market House CIC. Further information can be found in the Explanatory Memorandum that accompanies the Bill. Read the Explanatory Memorandum

Make provision about pensions and other benefits payable to persons in connection with bereavement or by reference to pensionable age; to make provision about the establishment and functions of the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority; and for connected purposes.

Make provision for the establishment of the Legal Services Board and in respect of its functions; to make provision for, and in connection with, the regulation of persons who carry on certain legal activities; to make provision for the establishment of the Office for Legal Complaints and for a scheme to consider and determine legal complaints; to make pro…

Make provision for the Secretary of State to publish action plans in connection with promoting the sustainability of local communities and to enable local authorities and local communities to participate in the formulation and implementation of those plans; to require the Secretary of State to provide information on government spending in local authority…

Make provision about serious crime prevention orders; to create offences inrespect of the encouragement or assistance of crime; to enable information tobe shared or processed to prevent fraud; to enable data matching to beconducted both in relation to fraud and for other purposes; to transferfunctions of the Director of the Assets Recovery Agency to the S…

Modify the effect of the Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006.

Make provision with respect to local government and the functions and procedures of local authorities and certain other authorities; to make provision with respect to persons with functions of inspection and audit in relation to local government; to establish the Valuation Tribunal for England; to make provision in connection with local involvement networ…

Make provision for the establishment of the National Consumer Council and its functions; to make provision for the abolition of other consumer bodies; to make provision about the handling of consumer complaints by certain suppliers and provision requiring certain suppliers to be members of redress schemes in respect of consumer complaints; to amend the Es…

Make provision about tribunals and inquiries; to establish an Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council; to amend the law relating to judicial appointments; to amend the law relating to the enforcement of judgments and debts; to make further provision about the management and relief of debt; to make provision protecting cultural objects from seizure or…

Make provision about immigration and asylum; and for connected purposes.

Establish and make provision about the Statistics Board; to make provision about offices and office-holders under the Registration Service Act 1953; and for connected purposes.

Make provision for and in connection with the liability of owners of unoccupied hereditaments to a non-domestic rate.

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.