Bills

A bill is a piece of proposed legislation which has not yet been approved. If passed by both Houses of Parliament and granted the Royal Assent, a bill becomes an Act of Parliament and has the force of law.

Second session of the Sixth Parliament (16 & 17 Max., 2022–2023)

Aabian Treaty Bill (L.B. 1) – passed

First session of the Sixth Parliament (14 & 15 Max., 2020–2022)

Electronic Communication Bill (L.B. 1) – passed
Finance Bill (L.B. 2) – passed
Weights and Measures Bill (L.B. 3) – passed

Second session of the Fifth Parliament (14 Max., 2020)

Civil Officers Bill (C.B. 4) – passed
Peerages Bill (C.B. 1) – passed
Slave Trade Bill (C.B. 2) – passed
Standard Time Bill (C.B. 3) – passed

First session of the Fourth Parliament (8, 9 & 10 Max., 2015–2017)

Legitimacy Bill (L.B. 1) – passed
Parliament Bill (C.B. 1) – passed
Public Holidays Bill (L.B. 2) – passed
Succession to the Crown Bill (L.B. 3) – passed

Second session of the Third Parliament (5, 6 & 7 Max., 2011–2014)

Civil Register Bill (L.B. 5) – lapsed
Flags Bill (L.B. 4) – passed
Marriage Bill (L.B. 2) – passed
Parliament (Prolongation) Bill (L.B. 1) – passed
Representation of the People Bill (C.B. 1) – passed
Statute Law Revision Bill (L.B. 3) – passed

First session of the Third Parliament (2, 3 & 4 Max., 2009–2011)

Constitutional Amendment Bill (L.B. 3) – rejected
Constitutional Amendment Bill (L.B. 6) – passed
Constitutional Amendment Bill (L.B. 7) – passed
Electronic Communication Bill (L.B. 2) – passed
Flags Bill (L.B. 1) – passed
Friendship Feast Bill (L.B. 8) – passed
House of Commons Resignation Bill (C.B. 5) – passed
Limitations Bill (C.B. 1) – rejected
Marriage Bill (L.B. 4) – rejected
Parliament Bill (C.B. 2) – passed
Parliament Bill (C.B. 4) – passed
Peerages Bill (L.B. 5) – passed
Representation of the People Bill (C.B. 3) – passed

Bills from the First and Second Parliaments (2007–2008) are not available online. Those which ultimately passed into law are published as Acts of Parliament.