Sessional Returns 2000-01 - Contents


5. PUBLIC BILLS

Information and statistics relating to Public Bills.*
  
*For Bills to confirm Provisional Orders and Bills to confirm Orders under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 see Chapter 4 relating to Private Bills and Private Business.



A. General Summary

Number of Bills which received the Royal Assent:
   - started in the Commons
14
       - Government
14
       - Private Members'
0
   - brought from the Lords
7
       - Government
7
       - Private Members'
0
   
   Total
21
   
   
Number of Bills which did not receive the Royal Assent:
   Type of Bills
   - started in the Commons
66
       - Government
5
       - Private Members'
61
   - brought from the Lords
2
       - Government
0
       - Private Members'
2
   Total
68
   
   Progress of Bills
   - introduced into, but not passed by, the Commons
62
   - passed by the Commons but not by the Lords
4
   - passed by the Lords but not taken up by the Commons
2
   - passed by the Lords but not passed by the Commons
0
   - passed by both Houses but Amendments not agreed to
0
   Total
68
   
Total number of Bills started in the Commons or brought from the Lords
89



B. Bills which received the Royal Assent

Bills marked thus * were Government Bills
Bills marked thus † received precedence in Government time


*Armed Forces
*Capital Allowances
*Children's Commissioner for Wales
*Consolidated Fund (received the Royal Assent as the Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Act 2000)
*Consolidated Fund (No. 2) (received the Royal Assent as the Consolidated Fund Act 2001)
*Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) (received the Royal Assent as the Appropriation Act 2001)
*Criminal Defence Service (Advice and Assistance) [Lords]
*Criminal Justice and Police
*Election Publications [Lords]
*Elections
*Finance
*Health and Social Care
*House of Commons (Removal of Clergy Disqualification)
*International Criminal Court [Lords]
*Private Security Industry [Lords]
*Rating (Former Agricultural Premises and Rural Shops)
*Regulatory Reform [Lords]
*Social Security Contributions (Share Options)
*Social Security Fraud [Lords]
*Special Educational Needs and Disability [Lords]
*Vehicles (Crime)
  
Total: 21



C. Bills which did not receive the Royal Assent

1. BILLS WHICH WERE PASSED BY BOTH HOUSES BUT AMENDMENTS NOT AGREED TO
    
Nil
  
  
2. BILLS WHICH WERE PASSED BY THE COMMONS BUT NOT BY THE LORDS
  
Title of Bill and Bill Number at each Printing
  
*  Homes [5][38]
*  Hunting [2][46]
*  International Development [49]
*  Tobacco Advertising and Promotion [6]
  
Total: 4
  
  
  
3. BILLS WHICH RECEIVED A SECOND READING
  
Title of Bill and Bill Number at each Printing
Stage at which progress ended
  
  
*  Adoption and Children [66]
reported from the Select Committee,
without Amendment, to lie upon the Table
  
  
Christmas Day (Trading) [14] [83]
as amended in the Standing Committee,
to be considered, dropped
  
  
High Hedges [13]
not amended in the Standing Committee,
to be further considered, dropped
  
  
Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Deceased Fathers) [24] [89]
adjourned debate on Third Reading, dropped
  
  
National Lottery (Amendment) [15]
not amended in the Standing Committee,
to be considered, dropped
  
Total: 5
  
4. BILLS WHICH DID NOT RECEIVE A SECOND READING
    
Title of Bill and Bill Number at each Printing
Stage at which progress ended
    
Adoption [16]
dropped
Adoption of Sewers [47]
dissolution
Bribery of Foreign Public Officials [64]
dissolution
Children's Rights Commissioner [26]
withdrawn
Climate Change [44]
dropped
Copyright etc. and Trade Marks (Offences and Enforcement)[20]
adjourned debate on Second Reading, dropped
Crown Employment (Nationality) [29]
dropped
Crystal Palace [84]
dropped
Divorce (Religious Marriages) [37]
adjourned debate on Second Reading, dropped
Education (Student Loans) (Amendment) [57]
dropped
Electricity Act 1989 (Amendment) [76]
dropped
Employee Consultation Rights [27]
adjourned debate on Second Reading, dissolution
European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) (No. 2) [75]
dropped
Exorcism of Children (Prohibition) [33]
dropped
Fixed-term Parliaments [54]
dissolution
Food Poverty (Eradication) [56]
dissolution
Houses in Multiple Occupation (Registration Scheme) [97]
dropped
Local Elections (Free Delivery of Election Addresses) [72]
dropped
Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) [22]
dropped
Organic Food and Farming Targets [25]
dropped
Outworking [11]
dropped
Pardon for Soldiers of the Great War [74]
dissolution
Patient Consent Form [30]
dissolution
Pension Annuities (Amendment) [28]
dropped
Private Dental Practitioners [18]
adjourned debate on Second Reading, dropped
Rail Passenger Services [52]
dropped
Railways [19]
withdrawn
Register of Drug Trafficking Offenders [50]
adjourned debate on Second Reading, dropped
Regulation of Debt Management and Credit Repair Services [85]
dropped
Representation of Gibraltar at Westminster and in the European Union [73]
dissolution
Road Transport [12]
dropped
Secret Societies (Registration of Membership) [23]
dropped
Siting of Telecommunications Masts [53]
dropped
Standards and Privileges (Independent Appeals Body) [69]
dropped
Transplant of Human Organs [17]
dropped
Vaccination of Children (Parental Choice) [21]
dropped
  
Total: 36
  
5. BILLS PRESENTED, OR BROUGHT FROM THE LORDS, BUT NOT PRINTED
  
Title of Bill
Stage at which progress ended
  
  
Age Discrimination
Order lapsed
Age Equality Commission
Order lapsed
Air Travellers (Provision of Health Information)
Order lapsed
Analysis of Costs and Benefits (European Union)
dissolution
Analysis of Costs and Benefits (NAFTA Membership)
dissolution
Banking (Inquiry)
Order lapsed
Bereavement Payments (Entitlement Conditions) (Amendment)
Order lapsed
Bus Services (Provision of Information)
dissolution
Consumer Accountability and New Mutuals
dissolution
Discrimination against Older People
Order lapsed
Education (Funding)
Order lapsed
Equal Pay (Audit)
Order lapsed
Extension of Summer Time
Order lapsed
Graffiti (Control)
dissolution
Licensed Victualling (Regulation of Hours)
Order lapsed
Parliament Acts (Amendment) [Lords]
not taken up
Parliamentary Referendum [Lords]
not taken up
Protection from Smoking (Employees and Young Persons)
dissolution
Recycling (Doorstep Collection)
Order lapsed
Rural Community Public Transport
Order lapsed
Street Works
Order lapsed
Transport of Farm Animals
dissolution
Wheel Clamping (Restrictions)
Order lapsed
    
Total: 23  




 
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