Legislation guides

Constitutional renewal bill

The constitutional renewal bill aims to rebuild trust in Britain's democracy by redistributing power away from the centralised state, strengthening Parliament and making the executive more accountable, further reforming the House of Lords, and improving civil liberties.

Constitutional renewal bill

Policing, Crime and Private Security Bill

The policing, crime and private security bill aims to help communities tackle crime and anti-social behaviour by providing increased protection against a range of threats.

Policing, crime and private security bill

Improving Schools and Safeguarding Children Bill

The improving schools and safeguarding children bill aims to create world class-standards in schools and improve protection for vulnerable children.

Improving schools and safeguarding children bill

Flood and Water Management Bill

The flood and water management bill addresses the immediate effects of climate change by strengthening the UK's ability to cope with the threat of flooding and drought.

Flood and water management bill

Financial Services and Business Bill

The financial services and business bill strengthens financial regulation in order to promote greater stability, efficiency and competition in financial markets and enhance consumer protection.

Financial services and business bill

Energy Bill

The energy bill encourages a decisive move towards a low carbon economy whilst maintaining security and diversity of energy supplies.

Energy bill

Digital Economy Bill

The digital economy bill aims to ensure a world-class digital future for the UK by maximising the benefits of the digital revolution.

Digital economy bill

Cluster Munitions Prohibition Bill

The cluster munitions prohibition bill introduces new laws to ban the use, development, production, stockpiling and transfer of cluster munitions.

Cluster munitions prohibition bill

Bribery Bill

The bribery bill modernises the law on bribery in order to promote the highest ethical standards across business and public life and enable prosecutors and courts to deal more effectively with bribery.

Bribery bill

Child Poverty Bill

The child poverty bill enshrines in law the government's commitment to eradicate child poverty by 2020 and gives new impetus to that commitment.

Child poverty bill

Parliamentary Standards Bill

The parliamentary standards bill establishes a new Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority to oversee MPs' claims, allowances, financial interests and conduct. The bill also creates new criminal offences relating to allowances, interests, and paid advocacy.

Parliamentary standards bill

Marine and coastal access bill

The marine and coastal access bill introduces new measures for managing and developing the marine area in a sustainable manner and increases public coastal access via a new coastal walking route.

Marine and coastal access bill

Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill

The Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill strengthens the role of the UK Border Agency by combining customs and immigration powers and implements the government's "path to citizenship" proposals.

Borders, citizenship and immigration bill

Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill

The LDEDC bill seeks to strengthen local democracy and drive economic regeneration by enhancing the role of local authorities and communities in the decision making process. The bill also aims to improve the operation of construction contracts.

Local democracy bill

Postal Services Bill

The Postal Services Bill changes the regulation of postal services, establishes a new pension scheme for Royal Mail and, most controversially, allows for a private investor to acquire a minority stake in Royal Mail.

Postal Services Bill

Policing and Crime Bill

The policing and crime bill aims to increase the effectiveness and public accountability of policing, reduce crime and disorder in the community, improve international judicial co-operation and enhance airport security.

Policing and Crime Bill

Equality Bill

The equality bill aims to create a fairer society in Britain by promoting equality of opportunity and outlawing discrimination of all kinds both in the workplace and in the community.

Equality bill

Coroners and Justice Bill

The coroners and justice bill is a controversial and wide-ranging piece of legislation with several civil liberties implications.

Coroners and Justice Bill

Geneva Conventions and United Nations personnel bill

The Geneva Conventions and United Nations personnel bill aims to extend protections for workers who are on peacekeeping missions and accepts the new red crystal humanitarian symbol.

Geneva Conventions and United Nations personnel bill

Savings gateway bill

The savings gateway bill seeks to encourage lower income families to save money by providing financial incentives for them to put it away in savings accounts.

Savings gateway bill

Queen's Speech 2008

politics.co.uk brings you all the news, views, features and analysis of the 2008 Queen's Speech.

Check out politics.co.uk's roundup of the Queen's Speech 2008 with a full list of bills.

Queen's Speech 2008

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