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Bills before Parliament 2008-09

Listed below are all the Bills put before the Parliament in 2008-09, including those that have been granted Royal Assent to become law. Explanatory Notes and Amendments are on each Bill's individual page.

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House 		Bill title Last updated
  A  
Commons Airport Expansion (Parliamentary Approval) Bill 26.10.2009
Royal Assent Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill 20.11.2009
Commons Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day Bill 09.11.2009
Royal Assent Autism Bill 20.11.2009
  B  
Commons Bailiffs (Repeals and Amendment) Bill 23.10.2009
Lords Bank of England (Amendment) Bill [HL] 06.11.2009
Commons Bankers' Pensions (Limits) Bill 08.09.2009
Royal Assent Banking Bill 20.11.2009
Lords Banking (No. 2) Bill [HL] 23.02.2009
Royal Assent Beverley Freemen Bill [HL] 18.03.2010
Royal Assent Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [HL] 12.11.2009
Royal Assent Bournemouth Borough Council Bill [HL] 21.10.2011
Commons British Museum Act 1963 (Amendment) Bill 09.11.2009
Commons Broadcasting (Public Service Content) Bill 09.11.2009
Commons Broadcasting (Television Licence Fee Abolition) Bill 09.11.2009
Royal Assent Broads Authority Bill 16.10.2009
Royal Assent Business Rate Supplements Bill 16.10.2009
  C  
Lords Canterbury City Council Bill 21.12.2011
Commons Care Homes (Domestic Pets) Bill 13.11.2009
Commons Cervical Cancer (Minimum Age for Screening) Bill 23.10.2009
Commons Cheapest Energy Tariff (Information) Bill 23.10.2009
Royal Assent Child Poverty Bill 03.11.2010
Commons Children in Care (Custody) Bill 20.10.2009
Commons Citizens' Convention (Accountability and Ethics) Bill 23.10.2009
Lords City of Westminster Bill [HL] 28.10.2010
Commons Climate Change (Sectoral Targets) Bill 04.11.2009
Commons Closed Circuit Television (Monitoring and Promotion) Bill 18.11.2009
Commons Cohabitation (No. 2) Bill 07.07.2009
Lords Cohabitation Bill [HL] 13.11.2009
Commons Commission for the Compact Bill 20.10.2009
Commons Common Land and Repeal of Inclosure Acts Bill 23.10.2009
Lords Community Amateur Sports Clubs (Support) Bill [HL] 13.11.2009
Commons Companies’ Remuneration Reports Bill [HL] 09.11.2009
Royal Assent Consolidated Fund Bill 12.03.2009
Royal Assent Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill 02.11.2010
Royal Assent Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) (No.2) Bill 27.10.2009
Lords Constitutional Reform Bill [HL] 13.11.2009
Royal Assent Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill 26.07.2010
Lords Constitutional Renewal Bill [HL] 13.11.2009
Lords Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Bill 13.11.2009
Royal Assent Coroners and Justice Bill 20.11.2009
Royal Assent Corporation Tax Bill 16.10.2009
Commons Council Tax Rebate Bill 20.10.2009
Commons Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (Review) Bill 28.10.2009
Commons Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill 09.11.2009
  D  
Lords Damages (Asbestos-Related Conditions) Bill 13.11.2009
Commons Dangerous Dogs (Amendment) Bill 04.11.2009
Commons Developing Country Debt (Restriction of Recovery) Bill 20.10.2009
Commons Disabled Persons (Independent Living) Bill [HL] 20.10.2009
Lords Dog Control Bill [HL] 13.11.2009
Royal Assent Driving Instruction (Suspension and Exemption Powers) Bill 20.11.2009
Commons Drugs (Roadside Testing) Bill 23.06.2009
  E  
Commons Employers’ Liability Insurance Bureau Bill 09.11.2009
Commons Employment Opportunities Bill 09.11.2009
Commons Employment Retention Bill 20.10.2009
Commons Employment Rights Bill 23.06.2009
Lords Equal Pay and Flexible Working Bill [HL] 13.11.2009
Commons Equalisation of Tariffs for Gas and Electricity Bill 23.10.2009
Royal Assent Equality Bill 15.09.2010
Commons Equality and Diversity (Reform) Bill 09.11.2009
Commons European Union (Audit of Benefits and Costs of UK Membership) Bill 09.11.2009
Commons Exercise of Reasonable Discretion Bill 23.06.2009
  F  
Royal Assent Finance Bill 11.05.2011
Commons Food Labelling (Nutrition and Health) Bill 18.11.2009
Commons Food Labelling Regulations (Amendment) Bill 28.10.2009
Commons Forces Widows Pensions (Equality of Treatment) Bill 29.10.2009
Commons Fuel Poverty Bill 26.10.2009
Commons Fuel Poverty (No.2) Bill 29.10.2009
  G  
Commons Gangmasters Licensing Act 2004 (Amendment) Bill 20.10.2009
Royal Assent Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Bill [HL] 16.10.2009
Commons Goalpost Safety Bill 18.11.2009
Commons Government of Cornwall Bill 12.11.2009
Royal Assent Green Energy (Definition and Promotion) Bill 20.11.2009
  H  
Royal Assent Health Bill [HL] 20.11.2009
Royal Assent Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) (formerly known as Holocaust (Stolen Art) Restitution) Bill 20.11.2009
Commons Home Repossession (Protection) Bill 09.11.2009
Lords House of Lords (Members' Taxation Status) Bill [HL] 13.11.2009
Lords House of Lords Bill [HL] 13.11.2009
Commons Human Rights Act 1998 (Meaning Of Public Authority) Bill 09.11.2009
Commons Hydrofluorocarbons Limitation Bill 29.10.2009
  I  
Commons Illegally Logged Timber (Prohibition Of Sale) Bill 09.11.2009
Commons Industrial Carbon Emissions (Targets) Bill 04.11.2009
Royal Assent Industry and Exports (Financial Support) Bill 18.11.2009
Commons Insolvency (Provision of Information to Employment Agencies) Bill 23.10.2009
Commons Installation of Letter Box Guards (Protection from Dogs) Bill 11.11.2009
  L  
Commons Land Use (Gardens Protection Etc) Bill 09.11.2009
Royal Assent Law Commission Bill [HL] 20.11.2009
Commons Leaseholders Rights Bill 29.10.2009
Lords Leeds City Council Bill 21.12.2011
Commons Lending (Regulation) Bill 29.10.2009
Lords Live Music Bill [HL] 13.11.2009
Royal Assent Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill [HL] 18.01.2010
Commons Local Employment Bill 23.10.2009
Commons Local Health Services and Democratic Involvement Bill 27.10.2009
Commons Local Planning Authorities (Protection of Local Services) Bill 12.11.2009
Commons London Local Authorities Bill [HL] 20.12.2011
Commons London Local Authorities and Transport for London (No. 2) Bill [HL] 20.12.2011
  M  
Royal Assent Manchester City Council Bill [HL] 21.10.2011
Commons Marine Accident Investigation Branch (Reports) Bill 27.10.2009
Royal Assent Marine and Coastal Access Bill [HL] 07.01.2010
Lords Marine Navigation Aids Bill [HL] 13.11.2009
Commons Maximum Wage Bill 23.10.2009
Commons Media Owners (Residency Requirement) Bill 03.11.2009
Commons Mobile Network Roaming Capabilities Bill 12.11.2009
Commons Motor Vehicle (Climate change information) Bill 20.10.2009
  N  
Royal Assent Northern Ireland Bill 03.06.2009
Lords Nottingham City Council Bill 21.12.2011
  O  
Commons Online Purchasing of Goods and Services (Age Verification) Bill [HL] 17.01.2011
Commons Onshore Wind Turbines (Proximity of Habitation) Bill 18.11.2009
Commons Organ Donation (Presumed Consent) Bill 18.11.2009
  P  
Commons Palliative Care Bill 14.10.2009
Commons Parliament (Disclosure of Information) Bill 23.10.2009
Commons Parliamentary Commissions of Inquiry Bill 23.10.2009
Commons Parliamentary Elections (Recall and Primaries) Bill 23.10.2009
Royal Assent Parliamentary Standards Bill 16.10.2009
Commons Pedlars (Amendment) Bill 23.10.2009
Commons Pension Credit and Personal Expense Allowance (Duty of Consultation and Review) Bill 20.10.2009
Royal Assent Perpetuities and Accumulations Bill [HL] 20.11.2009
Commons Personal Responsibility Bill 29.10.2009
Commons Pharmaceutical Labelling (Warning Of Cognitive Function Impairment) Bill 09.11.2009
Royal Assent Policing and Crime Bill 18.01.2010
Royal Assent Political Parties and Elections Bill 16.10.2009
Commons Postal Services Bill [HL] 13.11.2009
Commons Presumption of Death Bill 25.06.2009
Commons Prevention of Excessive Charges Bill 03.11.2009
Commons Programming of Bills (Suspension) Bill 08.09.2009
Commons Protection of Children (Encrypted Material) Bill 14.10.2009
Commons Protection of Children (Publicity) Bill 08.09.2009
Commons Protection of Elderly People (Unsolicited Mail) Bill 18.11.2009
Commons Protection of Garden Land (Development Control) Bill 28.10.2009
Commons Protection of Shareholders Bill 12.10.2009
Commons Public Buildings (Publication of Energy Performance Certificates) Bill 23.10.2009
Commons Public Transport (Reward Scheme and Concessionary Fares) Bill 23.10.2009
  Q  
Commons Queen's Diamond Jubilee Bill 12.11.2009
  R  
Lords Reading Borough Council Bill 21.12.2011
Commons Registration of Births and Deaths (Welsh Language) Bill 20.10.2009
Commons Renewable Content Obligation Bill 03.11.2009
Commons Rentcharges (Notification) Bill 18.11.2009
Commons Road Signs (Tourist Destinations and Facilities) Bill 26.10.2009
Commons Royal Marriages and Succession to the Crown (Prevention of Discrimination) Bill 26.10.2009
  S  
Commons Safety Of Medicines (Evaluation) Bill 26.10.2009
Commons Sale of Mobile Homes (Interview) Bill 26.10.2009
Royal Assent Saving Gateway Accounts Bill 16.10.2009
Commons School Bus (Safety) Bill 26.10.2009
Commons Schools (Health Support) Bill 29.10.2009
Commons Scottish Banknotes (Acceptability in United Kingdom) Bill 25.06.2009
Commons Short Selling and Bank Accounts Bill 18.11.2009
Commons Small Business Rate Relief (Automatic Payment) Bill 29.10.2009
Commons Sovereignty Of Parliament (European Communities) Bill 25.06.2009
Commons Special Educational Needs and Disability (Support) Bill 29.10.2009
Lords Sports Grounds Safety Authority Bill [HL] 13.11.2009
Commons Statutory Redundancy Pay (Amendment) Bill 21.10.2009
Commons Surface Water and Highway Drainage Charges (Exemption) Bill 20.10.2009
Commons Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (Amendment) Bill 12.11.2009
Commons Sustainable Energy (Local Plans) Bill 12.11.2009
  T  
Commons Teaching of British History in Schools Bill 20.10.2009
Commons Theft from Shops (Use of Penalty Notices for Disorder) Bill 03.11.2009
Commons Torture (Damages) (No. 2) Bill 09.11.2009
Lords Torture (Damages) Bill [HL] 13.11.2009
Commons Transport for London (Supplemental Toll Provisions) Bill [HL] 13.12.2011
  W  
Commons Waste Recycling (End Use Register) Bill 12.11.2009
Royal Assent Welfare Reform Bill 20.11.2009
  Y  
Commons Young People Leaving Care (Accommodation) Bill 20.10.2009

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