Government Bills
The programme outlined 29 bills that the Government intended to introduce over the coming parliamentary session. As of 21 June 2008, five had been enacted by Royal Assent, 18 were in progress, and 7 were at draft stage and hadn't been submitted to Parliament.
The discrepancy between the 29 proposed bills in the Legislative Programme and the 30 bills listed below is caused by the Banking (Special Provisions) Act 2008, which was introduced as emergency legislation by Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling in February 2008 in order to nationalise Northern Rock.
Before being submitted to Parliament, a draft is written by the Government. This becomes a bill in Parliament and passes through both houses in 9 sequential stages, finally achieving Royal Assent and being enacted as law (Act). It passes through one house (five stages) and then the other (four stages), and may start in either the House of Commons or the House of Lords. If the bill is rejected at any stage, it does not pass to the next stage in the process.
In the first house, the bill passes through five stages 1st Reading (1), 2nd Reading (2), Committee (3), Report (4), and 3rd Reading (5). In the second house, the bill passes through four stages: 1st Reading (6), 2nd Reading (7), Committee (8), and Report (9).
| Name | Status | Date of status |
|---|---|---|
| Apprenticeship Reform Bill | Draft | n/a |
| Banking (Special Provisions) Act 2008 | Royal Assent | 2008-02-21 |
| Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Act 2008 | Royal Assent | 2008-05-22 |
| Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 | Royal Assent | 2008-06-05 |
| Children and Young Persons Bill | Committee, Commons (stage 8) | 2008-06-24 |
| Climate Change Bill | Committee, Commons (8) | 2008-06-24 |
| Constitutional Renewal Bill | Draft | n/a |
| Counter-Terrorism Bill | 1st Reading, Lords (6) | 2008-06-12 |
| Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 | Royal Assent | 2008-05-08 |
| Crossrail Bill | Committee, Lords (8) | 2008-02-19 |
| Cultural Property (Armed Conflict) Bill | Draft | n/a |
| Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill | 1st Reading, Commons (6) | 2008-02-27 |
| Education and Skills Bill | Committee, Lords (8) | 2008-06-25 |
| Employment Bill | 1st Reading, Commons (6) | 2008-06-03 |
| Energy Bill | Committee, Lords (8) | 2008-06-12 |
| European Communities (Finance) Act 2008 | Royal Assent | 2008-02-19 |
| European Union (Amendment) Bill | Report, Lords (9) | 2008-06-04 |
| Health and Social Care Bill | Report, Lords (9) | 2008-06-16 |
| Heritage Protection Bill | Draft | n/a |
| Housing and Regeneration Bill | Committee, Lords (8) | 2008-05-13 |
| Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill | Committee, Commons (8) | 2008-05-19 |
| Immigration Bill | Draft | n/a |
| Local Transport Bill | Committee, Commons (8) | 2008-04-22 |
| Marine Bill | Draft | n/a |
| Marine Navigation Bill | Draft | n/a |
| National Insurance Contributions Bill | Committee, Lords (8) | 2008-06-09 |
| Pensions Bill | Committee, Lords (8) | 2008-06-17 |
| Planning Bill | 3rd Reading, Commons (5) | 2008-06-25 |
| Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill | Committee, Commons (8) | 2008-06-17 |
| Sale of Student Loans Bill | Report, Lords (9) | 2008-06-02 |
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