Clear the Lobby: What Laws are MPs voting on this week? W/C 14th March 2022

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MONDAY 14 MARCH

Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill – consideration of Lords amendments
Applies to: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
Repeals the Fixed-term Parliaments Act, scrapping five-year Parliaments and returning to the pre-2011 process where the prime minister can call an election at any time.
Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing

Professional Qualifications Bill – report stage and 3rd reading
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Sets out a new system for how professional qualifications gained abroad are recognised in the UK. Allows regulators in the UK and overseas to mutually recognise qualifications, replacing the current method which comes from EU law and gives preferential treatment to European qualifications. Started in the Lords.
Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing

Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill – report stage and 3rd reading
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Establishes in law the sentience of vertebrate animals. Also creates an animal sentience committee to report on whether government policymaking is taking into account the fact that animals are sentient beings capable of feeling emotions and pain. Started in the Lords.
Draft bill (PDF) / Lords Library briefing

Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill – consideraton of Lords amendments
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Creates a public register listing foreign owners of UK property. Reforms unexplained wealth orders (requirements for certain people to explain the origin of their assets) with the aim of ensuring law enforcement can take more effective action against criminals who launder money in the UK. Strengthens sanctions legislation with the aim of deterring and preventing breaches of financial sanctions.
Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing

TUESDAY 15 MARCH

Quad Bikes Bill
Requires quad bike riders to wear helmets when riding on public roads, among other things. Ten minute rule motion presented by Judith Cummins.

WEDNESDAY 16 MARCH

Healthcare (Delayed Discharges) Bill
Aims to tackle “bed blocking” (when patients occupy hospital beds that they don’t strictly need) by speeding up the transfer of patients who are fit for discharge from acute hospitals to homely settings in the community. Ten minute rule motion presented by Andrew Murrison.

THURSDAY 17 MARCH

No votes scheduled

FRIDAY 18 MARCH

Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Disabled Persons) Bill – report stage and 3rd reading
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland
Requires drivers of taxis and private hire vehicles to accept passengers with disabilities, to refrain from charging them extra, and to provide them with appropriate assistance. Private members’ bill presented by Jeremy Wright.
Draft bill (PDF)

British Sign Language Bill – report stage and 3rd reading
Declares British Sign Language (BSL) an official language of the UK. Creates a British Sign Language Council to promote and advise on the use of BSL. Establishes principles for the use of BSL in public services, which public bodies must follow. Private members’ bill presented by Rosie Cooper.

Mental Health Provision (Children and Young People) Bill – 2nd reading
Requires the government to report annually to Parliament on mental health provision for children and young people. Private members’ bill presented by Munira Wilson.

Goods Delivery Services Bill – 2nd reading
Regulates delivery costs of online orders, among other things. Private members’ bill presented by Jamie Stone. More information here.

Commercial Rent (Prohibition of Upward-Only Reviews) Bill – 2nd reading
Bans upward-only rent review clauses in commercial rental agreements (where the current rent is compared to the market rate and increased if it’s below that rate, but not decreased if it’s above). Private members’ bill presented by Sarah Olney.

Conversion Therapy (Prohibition) Bill – 2nd reading
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Bans conversion therapy (therapy to change someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Private members’ bill presented by Wera Hobhouse.
Draft bill (PDF)

Palestine Statehood (Recognition) Bill – 2nd reading
Recognises the state of Palestine. Private members’ bill presented by Layla Moran.

North Northamptonshire (Urgent Care Facilities) Bill – 2nd reading
Restructures urgent care facilities in North Northamptonshire. Private members’ bill presented by Peter Bone.

Tibet and Xinjiang (Reciprocal Access) Bill
Requires the government to report annually on access restrictions for UK nationals visiting Tibet and Xinjiang in comparison with other regions of China. Denies people involved in imposing such restrictions from entering the UK. Private members’ bill presented by Tim Loughton.

Button Batteries (Safety) Bill – 2nd reading
Sets a minimum safety standard for products containing button (flat) batteries. Follows the death of a child from swallowing such a battery. More information here. Private members’ bill presented by Jo Gideon.

Employment Bill – 2nd reading
Creates a single employment status for workers and employees for the purpose of employment rights, among other things. Private members’ bill presented by Martin Docherty-Hughes.
Draft bill (PDF)

Workers (Employment Security and Definition) Bill – 2nd reading
Gives all workers the right to fixed and regular weekly hours, among other things. Private members’ bill presented by Martin Docherty-Hughes.
Draft bill (PDF)

Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Bill – 2nd reading
Requires dog owners to pay full compensation to farmers if livestock are killed in dog attacks. Currently a convicted dog owner can only be fined £1,000. Also requires police to record dog attacks on livestock, and allows them to obtain DNA from suspect dogs. Private members’ bill presented by Virginia Crosbie.

Non-Disclosure Agreements (No. 2) Bill – 2nd reading
Restricts the use of non-disclosure agreements, which can be used by employers to silence allegations of unlawful discrimination and harassment. Private members’ bill presented by Maria Miller. More information here.

Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Bill – 2nd reading
Legislates around leave and pay for employees who have lost a close family member. Private member’s bill presented by Patricia Gibson. More details not yet available.

Hen Caging (Prohibition) Bill – 2nd reading
Bans the caging of commercially reared, egg-laying hens and pullet (young hens). Private member’s bill presented by Henry Smith.

Decarbonisation and Economic Strategy Bill – 2nd reading
Introduces a “Green New Deal”, a ten-year plan to transition away from carbon. Private members’ bill presented by Caroline Lucas.

Crown Estate (Devolution to Wales) Bill – 2nd reading
Applies to: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
Devolve the management of the Crown Estate and its assets in Wales to the Welsh government. Private members’ bill presented by Liz Saville Roberts.
Draft bill (PDF)

Minimum Energy Performance of Buildings (No. 2) Bill – 2nd reading
Increases the minimum energy performance of buildings. Requires all homes to have an EPC rating of at least C by 2035 where practical, among other things. Private members’ bill presented by Roger Gale.

Recognition of Armenian Genocide Bill – 2nd reading
Requires the government formally to recognise the Armenian genocide of 1915-23. Private members’ bill presented by Tim Loughton.

Intimate Images (Offences) Bill – 2nd reading
Creates offences relating to the taking, making and sharing of intimate images without consent. Private members’ bill presented by Maria Miller.

Pregnancy and Maternity (Redundancy Protection) Bill – 2nd reading
Bans redundancies during pregnancy or maternity leave, and for six months after, except in certain circumstances. Private members’ bill presented by Maria Miller.

Flexible Working Bill – 2nd reading
Gives workers the right to flexible working from their first day. Requires employers to include flexible working in employment contracts and state what type of flexibility in job adverts. Private members’ bill presented by Tulip Siddiq.

Hate Crime (Misogyny) Bill – 2nd reading
Makes misogyny an aggravating factor in criminal sentencing (meaning a higher sentence will be given if a crime is also deemed misogynistic). Requires the police to record hate crimes motivated by misogyny. Private members’ bill presented by Wera Hobhouse.

Social Media Platforms (Identity Verification) Bill – 2nd reading
Requires social media platforms to offer a user identity verification process to all users. Allows users to limit or block interaction with others who haven’t verified their identity. Private members’ bill presented by Siobhan Baillie.

Miscarriage Leave Bill – 2nd reading
Gives paid leave to people who have experienced a miscarriage. Private members’ bill presented by Angela Crawley.

Planning (Street Plans) Bill – 2nd reading
Applies to: England and Wales
Grants the relevant planning permission to local authorities when they confirm a “street plan”, a plan for development on a specified street. Private members’ bill presented by John Penrose.
Draft bill (PDF)

Dyslexia Screening Bill – 2nd reading
Requires screening for dyslexia in primary schools. Private members’ bill presented by Matt Hancock.

Community Wealth Fund Bill – 2nd reading
Requires dormant assets in bank accounts to be transferred into a Community Wealth Fund. The returns from this fund are distributed to local communities for them to spend as they wish. Private members’ bill presented by Paul Howell.

Israel Arms Trade (Prohibition) Bill – 2nd reading
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Bans the trading of arms with Israel, among other things. Private members’ bill presented by Richard Burgon.
Draft bill (PDF)

Clean Air Targets (World Health Organization Guidelines) Bill – 2nd reading
Requires UK clean air targets to comply with World Health Organization guidelines. Private members’ bill presented by Christine Jardine.

Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) Bill – 2nd reading
Bans “fire and rehire”, where an employer dismisses an employee an rehires them on new, usually less favourable, terms. Private members’ bill presented by Barry Gardiner.
Draft bill (PDF)

Climate and Ecology Bill – 2nd reading
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Requires the prime minister to declare a climate emergency and commit to meeting certain targets. Requires the government to create a strategy for meeting those targets, with help from a citizens’ assembly. Private members’ bill presented by Caroline Lucas.
Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing

Quarries (Planning) Bill – 2nd reading
Creates a presumption against approving quarry developments near settlements. Requires the risks to health and the environment to be assessed as part of that planning process. Private members’ bill presented by Matt Western.

Unsolicited Explicit Images and Deepfake Pornography Bill – 2nd reading
Creates the offences of sending unsolicited explicit photos and of producing digitally-altered images or videos in which an individual is depicted pornographically without their consent. Private members’ bill presented by Angela Richardson.

Workers (Rights) (No. 2) Bill – 2nd reading
A bill about workers’ rights. More information not yet available. Private members’ bill presented by Anum Qaisar-Javed.

Co-Operatives (Employee Company Ownership) Bill – 2nd reading
Gives employees the right to buy out all or part of a business at risk of collapsing, and run it as a co-operative. Private members’ bill presented by Christina Rees.

Employment (Caring Leave) Bill – 2nd reading
Gives employees who are unpaid carers the right to one week’s unpaid leave for caring purposes. Private members’ bill presented by Jack Brereton.

Trade Agreements (Parliamentary Scrutiny and Farming) Bill – 2nd reading
Requires trade deals to receive parliamentary approval. Requires the government to consider UK agricultural, environmental and animal welfare standards when negotiating trade deals. Requires the Trade and Agriculture Commission to assess the effects of potential trade deals on farming, the rural environment and animal welfare. Private members’ bill presented by Tim Farron.

Education (Assemblies) Bill – 2nd reading
Applies to: England, Wales
Allows non-religious state schools to replace compulsory daily worship with assemblies that further the “spiritual, moral, social and cultural education” of all pupils. Private members’ bill presented by Crispin Blunt.
Draft bill

Cold Climate Allowance Bill – 2nd reading
Requires the government to report on providing higher state pensions and social security benefits to people living in colder parts of the country, to reflect the extra heating costs. Private members’ bill presented by Neale Hanvey.

Public Bodies (Representation from Devolved Nations) Bill – 2nd reading
Requires boards of public bodies to include at least one person with relevant experience of Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. Private members’ bill presented by Wendy Chamberlain.

British Goods (Public Sector Purchasing Duty) Bill – 2nd reading
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Requires public bodies to have a presumption in favour of buying British goods. Private members’ bill presented by John Spellar.
Draft bill (PDF)

Consumer Pricing Bill – 2nd reading
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Bans companies from offering better prices to new customers compared to existing customers. Private members’ bill presented by John Spellar.
Draft bill (PDF)

Broadcasting (Listed Sporting Events) Bill – 2nd reading
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Expands the list of sporting events that must be made available for broadcast by free-to-air television channels. Private members’ bill presented by John Spellar.
Draft bill (PDF)

Puppy Import (Prohibition) Bill – 2nd reading
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland
Bans the import of young puppies. Private members’ bill presented by John Spellar.
Draft bill (PDF)

Employment (Application Requirements) Bill – 2nd reading
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Regulates the use of minimum qualification or experience requirements in job applications. Private members’ bill presented by John Spellar.
Draft bill (PDF)

Public Sector Website Impersonation Bill – 2nd reading
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Makes it an offence to impersonate a public-sector website for the purpose of collecting payment or personal data. Private members’ bill presented by John Spellar.
Draft bill (PDF)

Hunting Trophy Import (Prohibition) Bill – 2nd reading
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Bans the import of wild animals killed through trophy hunting. Private members’ bill presented by John Spellar.
Draft bill (PDF)

Armenian Genocide (Recognition) Bill – 2nd reading
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Requires the government to recognise formally the Armenian genocide of 1915-16. Private members’ bill presented by John Spellar.
Draft bill (PDF)

House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) (No. 2) Bill – 2nd reading
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Abolishes the system of by-elections for hereditary peers. There can currently be 90 hereditary peers in the Lords at a time. This bill would gradually reduce that amount by not electing replacements. Private members’ bill presented by John Spellar.
Draft bill (PDF)

Misuse of Fireworks Bill – 2nd reading
Creates new offences for misusing fireworks. Private members’ bill presented by Sarah Owen.

Microplastic Filters (Washing Machines) Bill – 2nd reading
Requires manufacturers to fit microplastic-catching filters to new domestic and commercial washing machines, among other things. Private members’ bill presented by Alberto Costa.

Company Transparency (Carbon in Supply Chains) Bill – 2nd reading
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Requires companies to prepare an annual statement on carbon in their supply chains. Private members’ bill presented by Karen Bradley.
Draft bill (PDF)

Consumer Protection (Double Charging) Bill – 2nd reading
Aims to protect customers from being charged twice for the same good or service. Private members’ bill presented by Huw Merriman.

Climate Education Bill – 2nd reading
Requires climate change and sustainability issues to be included throughout the curriculum in primary and secondary schools, and on vocational training courses. Private members’ bill presented by Nadia Whittome.

Members of Parliament (Prohibition of Second Jobs) (Motion) Bill – 2nd reading
Requires the leader of the House of Commons to move a motion banning MPs from having paid second jobs. Private members’ bill presented by Richard Burgon.
Draft bill (PDF)

Plastic Pollution Bill – 2nd reading
Sets targets for reducing plastic pollution, and requires the government to publish a strategy and annual reports. Establishes an advisory committee on plastic pollution. Private members’ bill presented by Alistair Carmichael.

Status of Workers Bill – 2nd reading
Creates a single definition of worker across previous legislation. Private members’ bill presented by Andy McDonald. Started in the Lords.
Draft bill (PDF)

Digital Devices (Access for Next of Kin) Bill – 2nd reading
Grants the next of kin a right of access to the digital devices of a dead or incapacitated person. Private members’ bill presented by Ian Paisley.

Carbon Emissions (Buildings) Bill – 2nd reading
Requires the whole-life carbon emissions of buildings to be reported. Sets limits on those emissions at the construction stage. Private members’ bill presented by Duncan Baker.

Public Houses (Electrical Safety) Bill – 2nd reading
Requires pubs to have annual electrical safety tests. Private members’ bill presented by Andrew Rosindell. Follows the death of a child in Rosindell’s constituency from electrocution caused by a faulty pub garden light.

Public Advocate Bill – 2nd reading
Creates the role of public advocate to give advice to families of people killed in major incidents. Seeks to avoid a repeat of the lengthy process after the Hillsborough disaster. Private members’ bill presented by Maria Eagle. More information here.

Energy Company Obligation (Cavity Wall Insulation) Bill – 2nd reading
Requires energy companies to remove and replace incorrectly installed cavity wall insulation. Private members’ bill presented by Paul Maynard.

Parliamentary Elections (Optional Preferential Vote) Bill – 2nd reading
Introduces the optional preferential voting system for parliamentary elections. Private members’ bill presented by Paul Maynard.

Ministerial Competence (External Review) Bill – 2nd reading
Introduces an annual appraisal of the performance of individual ministers, to inform the prime minister when making ministerial appointments. Private members’ bill presented by Paul Maynard.

Charities (Income Source Statements) Bill – 2nd reading
Requires the Charity Commission to publish the proportion of income of each registered charity that comes from public expenditure. Private members’ bill presented by Paul Maynard.

Local Welfare Assistance (Statements) Bill – 2nd reading
Requires local councils to publish the number of grants made to residents through local welfare assistance (a fund for those facing an immediate financial crisis). Private members’ bill presented by Paul Maynard.

Seals (Protection) Bill – 2nd reading
Makes the intentional or reckless disturbance or harassment of seals an offence. Private members’ bill presented by Tracey Crouch.

United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority Pension Transfers (Parliamentary And Health Service Ombudsman Investigation) Bill – 2nd reading
Enables the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (a body which investigates complaints about government departments) to investigate advice and information given by the government about transfers of pensions from the UK Atomic Energy Authority schemes to the AEA Technology pension scheme. AEA Technology was formed in 1996 when an offshoot of the Atomic Energy Authority was privatised. Employees were given a choice of two new pension schemes, which they were told would be at least as good as the old one, but some have said the difference in risk was not made clear. More information here. Private member’s bill presented by David Johnston.

Local Electricity Bill – 2nd reading
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland
Allows electricity generators to sell their energy to local people. Private members’ bill presented by Peter Aldous.
Draft bill (PDF)

Bereavement Leave and Pay (Stillborn and Miscarried Babies) Bill – 2nd reading
Extends statutory bereavement leave to parents whose babies are miscarried or stillborn during early pregnancy. Currently it only applies after 24 weeks of pregnancy. Private members’ bill presented by Sarah Owen.

Homeless People (Current Accounts) Bill – 2nd reading
Requires banks to provide current accounts for homeless people seeking work. Private members’ bill presented by Peter Bone.

Electoral Candidates (Age) Bill – 2nd reading
Changes the minimum age of candidates in parliamentary and local elections to age 18 on the day of the election. It’s currently age 18 at time of nomination. Private members’ bill presented by Peter Bone.

Leader of the House of Commons (Election) Bill – 2nd reading
Requires MPs to elect the leader of the House of Commons. The prime minister may nominate someone who must be from the governing party. Private members’ bill presented by Peter Bone.

House of Lords (Elected Senate) Bill – 2nd reading
Replaces the House of Lords with an elected senate. Private members’ bill presented by Paul Maynard.

Ministerial Disclosure (Fixed Penalty Notices) Bill – 2nd reading
Requires ministers to disclose whether they have been issued with a fixed penalty notice. This would force Boris Johnson to say in the future whether he’s been fined for breaking Covid rules. Private members’ bill presented by Alistair Carmichael.

Social Housing (Emergency Protection of Tenants Rights) Bill – 2nd reading
Gives social housing tenants the right to continued secure tenancy if they have to move because of a threat to their personal safety, or that of someone in their household. Private members’ bill presented by Helen Hayes.

Immigration (Health and Social Care Staff) Bill – 2nd reading
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Grants indefinite leave to remain to health and social care staff. Private members’ bill presented by Christine Jardine.
Draft bill (PDF)

House of Lords (Retirement Age) Bill
Requires members of the House of Lords to retire at 75. Private members’ bill presented by Jerome Mayhew.

Energy Pricing (Off Gas Grid Households) Bill – 2nd reading
Requires the government and Ofgem to propose measures to ensure that households without access to mains gas supply don’t have to pay more for energy. Private members’ bill presented by Drew Hendry.

Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (Status) (No. 2) Bill
Gives the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association corporate status and certain other privileges and immunities. Private members’ bill presented by Ian Liddell-Grainger.

Child Criminal Exploitation Bill – 2nd reading
Makes involvement in child criminal exploitation an aggravating factor in sentencing for drug supply, production, importation and money laundering offences, meaning a stricter sentence is likely. Also makes being a victim of child criminal exploitation a mitigating factor in sentencing for these offences. Private members’ bill presented by Lyn Brown.

Rule of Law (Enforcement by Public Authorities) Bill – 2nd reading
Rrequires public authorities to investigate breaches of the law, and take enforcement action. Private members’ bill presented by Christopher Chope.

City of Bradford (Referendum on Shipley and Keighley) Bill – 2nd reading
Allows for a referendum on whether the Shipley and Keighley constituencies should continue to be part of the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council area. Private members’ bill presented by Philip Davies. More information here.

Kinship Care (Parental Leave) Bill – 2nd reading
Entitles kinship carers (people who take responsibility for children whose parents are unable to care for them) to the same level of parental leave as parents. Private members’ bill presented by Katherine Fletcher.

Asylum Seekers (Permission to Work) Bill – 2nd reading
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Grants asylum seekers permission to work if they have waited six months for a decision on their asylum application. Private members’ bill presented by Carol Monaghan.
Draft bill (PDF)

Local Authority Boundaries (Referendums) Bill – 2nd reading
Allows parliamentary constituencies to split away and form their own local authority, if agreed by referendum. Private members’ bill presented by Robbie Moore. More information here.

Human Trafficking (Sentencing) Bill – 2nd reading
Sets new penalties for human trafficking offences. Private members’ bill presented by Peter Bone. More information not yet available.

Digitally Altered Body Images Bill – 2nd reading
Requires advertisers, broadcasters and publishers to show a certain logo when images of human bodies or body parts have had their proportions digitally altered. Private members’ bill presented by Luke Evans.

Prisons (Violence) Bill – 2nd reading
Places a duty on the Prison and Probation Service and private prison operators to minimise violence in prisons. Private members’ bill presented by Grahame Morris.

Planning and Local Representation Bill – 2nd reading
Applies to: England and Wales
Aims to improve the process of creating development plans (documents written by local planning authorities setting out how an area should look in the future). Gives people who comment or object to them the right to take part in examination hearings (part of the independent scrutiny process). Requires public consultation on development plans. Gives local authorities the power to apply local design standards for permitted development and to refuse permitted development proposals that would be detrimental to the health and wellbeing of an individual or community. Makes planning permission for major housing schemes contingent on work starting within two years. Private members’ bill presented by Rachel Hopkins.
Draft bill (PDF)

Pedicabs (London) Bill – 2nd reading
Regulates pedicabs to the same degree as taxis and private hire services. Requires drivers to have a licence from Transport for London to operate, and gives TfL the power to regulate prices and vehicles used. Private members’ bill presented by Nickie Aiken.

Abuse of Public-Facing Workers (Offences) Bill – 2nd reading
Creates a new criminal offence of verbally or physically abusing a frontline worker. Private members’ bill presented by Olivia Blake. More information here.

Schools and Educational Settings (Essential Infrastructure and Opening During Emergencies) Bill – 2nd reading
Classifies educational settings (including early years, schools, colleges and universities) as essential infrastructure that should remain open to all students during public health and other national emergencies. Private members’ bill presented by Robert Halfon.

Medical Cannabis (Access) Bill – 2nd reading
Aims to improve access to medical cannabis, much of which is still bought privately. Private members’ bill presented by Jeff Smith.

Prime Minister (Temporary Replacement) Bill – 2nd reading
Sets out a succession plan if the prime minister is temporarily unable to carry out their duties, for example because of illness. Private members’ bill presented by Peter Bone.

Business of the House Commission Bill – 2nd reading
Creates a Business of the House Commission to regulate the timetabling of business in the House of Commons. This is currently done by the government, so the effect would be taking those decisions out of political hands. Private members’ bill presented by Peter Bone.

BBC Licence Fee (Abolition) Bill – 2nd reading
Abolishes the licence fee and makes the BBC a subscription service. Private members’ bill presented by Peter Bone.

Electoral Commission (Abolition) Bill – 2nd reading
Abolishes the Electoral Commission. Private members’ bill presented by Peter Bone.

General Election (Leaders’ Debates) Bill – 2nd reading
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Sets up a commission to make arrangements for debates between leaders of political parties during a General Election. Private members’ bill presented by Peter Bone.
Draft bill (PDF)

Hospitals (Parking Charges and Business Rates) Bill – 2nd reading
Applies to: England and Wales
Bans NHS hospitals from charging patients and visitors for car parking. Makes NHS hospitals exempt from business rates. Private members’ bill presented by Peter Bone.
Draft bill

Asylum Seekers (Return to Safe Countries) Bill – 2nd reading
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Requires asylum seekers who have arrived in the UK from a safe country to be returned immediately to that country. Private members’ bill presented by Peter Bone.
Draft bill (PDF)

National Health Service Co-Funding and Co-Payment Bill – 2nd reading
Extends co-payment (paying for treatment at the point of service like going to the dentist) to more NHS services in England. Private members’ bill presented by Christopher Chope.

Plastics (Wet Wipes) Bill – 2nd reading
Bans the manufacture and sale of wet wipes containing plastic. Private members’ bill presented by Fleur Anderson.

Mobile Homes Act 1983 (Amendment) Bill – 2nd reading
Amends the Mobile Homes Act 1983. More information not yet available. Private members’ bill presented by Christopher Chope.

Flooding (Prevention and Insurance) Bill – 2nd reading
A wide-ranging bill tightening the law around flood prevention. Sets national minimum requirements for flood mitigation and protection measures in new-build properties. Requires local and national government to report on flood-prevention measures. Establishes a certification scheme for flood prevention and mitigation work to properties, and an accreditation scheme for installers. Private members’ bill presented by Emma Hardy.

Climate Change Bill – 2nd reading
Requires the government to declare a climate emergency and bring forward its deadline for hitting net-zero carbon emissions, among other things. Private members’ bill presented by Colum Eastwood. More information here.

Copyright (Rights and Remuneration of Musicians, Etc.) Bill – 2nd reading
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Aims to improve rights for musicians. Measures include splitting streaming revenues fairly between labels and artists (which is already the case for broadcast usage), as well as giving artists more information on the revenue generated by their work, and the ability to adjust existing contracts if the amount paid for work is found to be unfair. Private members’ bill presented by Kevin Brennan.
Draft bill (PDF)

NHS England (Alternative Treatment) Bill – 2nd reading
Entitles patients to non-NHS treatment if they have been on a waiting list for more than a year. Private members’ bill presented by Christopher Chope.

Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (Amendment) Bill – 2nd reading
Amends the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 to change the law around parliamentary scrutiny of lockdowns. Private members’ bill presented by Christopher Chope.

Caravan Sites Bill – 2nd reading
Removes the requirement for planning permission when applying for a caravan site licence. Private members’ bill presented by Christopher Chope.

Public Sector Exit Payments (Limitation) Bill – 2nd reading
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Caps exit payments made to outgoing employees of public sector organisations. Private members’ bill presented by Christopher Chope.
Draft bill

Regulatory Impact Assessments Bill – 2nd reading
Requires a Regulatory Impact Assessment (a specific method for analysing policy) to be published for all primary and secondary legislation introduced by the government. Private members’ bill presented by Christopher Chope.

Illegal Immigration (Offences) Bill – 2nd reading
Creates new offences for people who have entered the UK illegally, or have overstayed their visas. Private members’ bill presented by Christopher Chope.

BBC Licence Fee Non-Payment (Decriminalisation for Over-75s) Bill – 2nd reading
Decriminalises non-payment of the licence fee by over-75s. Private members’ bill presented by Christopher Chope.

Green Belt (Protection) Bill – 2nd reading
Applies to: England and Wales
Establishes a national register of green belt land in England. Restricts the ability of local authorities to de-designate green belt land. Private members’ bill presented by Christopher Chope.
Draft bill

Covid-19 Vaccine Damage Bill – 2nd reading
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Requires the government to establish an independent review of disablement caused by Covid-19 vaccinations, and the adequacy of the compensation offered to the people affected. Private members’ bill presented by Christopher Chope.
Draft bill (PDF)

Marine Protected Areas (Bottom Trawling) Bill – 2nd reading
Regulates and limits bottom trawling (dragging heavy weighted nets across the sea floor to catch fish) in marine protected areas. Private members’ bill presented by Chris Grayling.

Benefit Cap (Report on Abolition) Bill – 2nd reading
Requires the government to report on the likely effects of abolishing the benefit cap (a limit on the total amount of benefits you can get). Private members’ bill presented by David Linden.

Education (Environment and Sustainable Citizenship) Bill – 2nd reading
Applies to: England, Wales
Adds sustainable citizenship and protecting the environment to the curriculum. Private members’ bill presented by Darren Jones. Started in the Lords.
Draft bill (PDF)

Elderly Social Care (Insurance) Bill – 2nd reading
Applies to: England, Wales
Establishes a public body to provide insurance for homeowners against selling their homes to pay for elderly social care. Private members’ bill presented by Greg Smith. Started in the Lords.
Draft bill (PDF)

Official Development Assistance Equalities Impact Assessment (Women and Girls) Bill – 2nd reading
Requires the government to publish an equalities impact assessment of the effects on women and girls of cutting the development budget. This must be repeated every year until the target for development spending is increased back up to 0.7%. Private members’ bill presented by Layla Moran.

Women Leaving Prison (Safe Accommodation) Bill – 2nd reading
Requires the government to ensure the provision of safe and secure accommodation for all women leaving prison. Private members’ bill presented by Daisy Cooper.

State Pension Underpayments (Divorced Women) Bill – 2nd reading
Requires the government to expand the scope of legal entitlements to correct state pension underpayments to include underpayments to divorced women. Private members’ bill presented by Sarah Green.

Gender Pay Gap Bill – 2nd reading
Requires the government to review the effectiveness of gender pay gap reporting requirements. Private members’ bill presented by Sarah Olney.

Surgical Mesh (Support) Bill – 2nd reading
Requires the government to support women who have suffered ill health as a result of the use of surgical mesh. Private members’ bill presented by Sarah Green.

Maternity Services (Rural Areas) Bill – 2nd reading
Requires the government to ensure equal access to maternity services for people living in rural and coastal areas to those living in other areas. Requires consultant-led maternity services to be available within 45 minutes of an expectant mother’s home. Private members’ bill presented by Daisy Cooper.

Planning (Women’s Safety) Bill – 2nd reading
Requires an assessment of the impact on women’s safety to be published as a condition of planning approval for major developments. Private members’ bill presented by Christine Jardine.

Miscarriage and Stillbirth (Black and Asian Women) Bill – 2nd reading
Requires the government to report annually on progress in reducing miscarriage and stillbirth rates among Black and Asian women. Private members’ bill presented by Munira Wilson.

Rape (Conviction Rates) Bill – 2nd reading
Establishes an independent review of rape conviction rates and of the effects on the victims of rape. Private members’ bill presented by Wera Hobhouse.

Institutes of Technology (Royal Charter) Bill – 2nd reading
Allows institutes of technology to apply to receive a royal charter. The aim is to boost their prestige, attracting talent and helping to position them as an attractive alternative to university. Private member’s bill presented by Robert Buckland.

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LAST WEEK’S VOTES

Passed

Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill – goes to Lords
Institutes of Technology (Royal Charter) Bill – goes to second reading
Pets (Microchips) Bill – goes to second reading
Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Bill – goes to Lords

Click here to read details of the bills in last week’s newsletter.

Camilla Uppal

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