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Bills and Legislation

Below you will find links to Bills that have been introduced to Parliament this session plus access to previous sessions.

Bills

Bills before Parliament
Full text of Public, Private and Hybrid Bills plus their progress through Parliament; includes Acts passed this session.

Draft Bills before Parliament
Text of Government Bills published in draft form plus related reports.

Previous sessions: Public Bills
Full text of Public Bills before Parliament from recent previous sessions.

Acts of Parliament

Acts of Parliament (external link)
Full text of all Public General Acts from 1988 and all Local (Private) Acts from 1991 as they were originally enacted.

Statute law database (external link)
The UK Statute Law Database (SLD) is the official revised edition of the primary legislation of the United Kingdom made available online.

Secondary legislation

Delegated legislation (SIs) (external link)
Full text of all published Statutory Instrument from 1987.

Northern Ireland Orders in Council (external link)
Full text of all Northern Ireland Orders in Council since 1987.

Related Information

Bill Index
Bill Index database - details of all stages of this session's Bills plus debates.

Related information

Ballot for Private Members' Bills

The result of the House of Commons Private Members' Bills Ballot has been announced. Formal presentation of the Bills took place on 21 January 2009

Bills announced in the Queen's Speech 2008-09

The Queen's Speech indicated a number of Bills would be presented to Parliament during the 2008 - 2009 session and the titles are listed on the Office of the Leader of the House of Commons website