Here is a rundown of the full list of bills from the King’s Speech 2024, including quotes from King Charles III’s address where relevant:
ECONOMIC STABILITY AND GROWTH
- Budget Responsibility Bill
“Stability will be the cornerstone of my Government’s economic policy and every decision will be consistent with its fiscal rules. It will legislate to ensure that all significant tax and spending changes are subject to an independent assessment by the Office for Budget Responsibility.”
- National Wealth Fund Bill
- Planning and Infrastructure Bill
“My Ministers will get Britain building, including through planning reform, as they seek to accelerate the delivery of high quality infrastructure and housing.”
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“My Government is committed to making work pay and will legislate to introduce a new deal for working people to ban exploitative practices and enhance employment rights.”
- English Devolution Bill
“My Government believes that greater devolution of decision making is at the heart of a modern dynamic economy and is a key driver of economic growth and my Ministers will introduce an English Devolution Bill.”
- Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill
“My Ministers will bring forward legislation to improve the railways by reforming rail franchising, establishing Great British Railways and bringing train operators into public ownership.”
“A Bill will be introduced to allow local leaders to take control of their local bus services.”
- Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill
- Product Safety and Metrology Bill
- Digital Information and Smart Data Bill
- High Speed Rail (Crewe to Manchester) Bill
- Draft Audit Reform and Corporate Governance Bill
“Bills will be brought forward to strengthen audit and corporate governance, alongside pension investment.”
GREAT BRITISH ENERGY AND CLEAN ENERGY SUPERPOWER
- Great British Energy Bill
“A Bill will be introduced to set up Great British Energy, a publicly owned clean power company headquartered in Scotland, which will help accelerate investment in renewable energy such as offshore wind.”
- Sustainable Aviation Fuel (Revenue Support Mechanism) Bill
“Legislation will be brought forward to help the country achieve energy independence and unlock investment in energy infrastructure. A Bill will be introduced to support sustainable aviation fuel production.”
- Water (Special Measures) Bill
“My Government recognises the need to improve water quality and a Bill will be introduced to strengthen the powers of the water regulator.”
SECURE BORDERS, CRACKING DOWN ON ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AND TAKE BACK OUR STREETS
- Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
“A Bill will be introduced to modernise the asylum and immigration system, establishing a new Border Security Command and delivering enhanced counter terror powers to tackle organised immigration crime.”
- Crime and Policing Bill
“Legislation will be brought forward to strengthen community policing, give the police greater powers to deal with anti social behaviour and strengthen support for victims.”
- Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill
“Measures will be introduced to improve the safety and security of public venues and help keep the British public safe from terrorism.”
- Victims, Courts and Public Protection Bill
BREAK DOWN THE BARRIERS TO OPPORTUNITY
- Children’s Wellbeing Bill
“A Bill will be introduced to raise standards in education and promote children’s wellbeing.”
“My Government will establish Skills England which will have a new partnership with employers at its heart.”
“Legislation will be introduced to give greater rights and protections to people renting their homes, including ending no fault evictions and reforming grounds for possession.”
- Football Governance Bill
“A Bill will be introduced to establish an independent football regulator to ensure greater sustainability in the game and strengthen protections for fans.”
- Draft Leasehold and Commonhold Reform Bill
“Draft legislation will be published on leasehold and commonhold reform.”
- Draft Equality (Race and Disability) Bill
“Legislation on race equality will be published in draft to enshrine the full right to equal pay in law”.
- Draft Conversion Practices Bill
“A draft Bill will be brought forward to ban conversion practices.”
HEALTH
“A Bill will be introduced to progressively increase the age at which people can buy cigarettes and impose limits on the sale and marketing of vape.”
“My ministers will legislate to modernise the Mental Health Act so it is fit for the twenty first century.”
NATIONAL SECURITY AND SERVING THE COUNTRY
“My Government will take steps to help rebuild trust and foster respect. Legislation will be brought forward to introduce a duty of candour for public servants.”
- Armed Forces Commissioner Bill
“A Bill will be introduced to establish a statutory Armed Forces Commissioner to act as a strong independent champion for our gallant Armed Forces and their families.”
- Northern Ireland Legacy Legislation
“In consultation with all parties, measures will be brought forward to begin the process of repealing and replacing the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023.”
- House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
“Measures to modernise the constitution will be introduced including House of Lords reform to remove the right of hereditary peers to sit and vote in the Lords.”
- Cyber Security and Resilience Bill
- Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill
- Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 (Extension) Bill
- Holocaust Memorial Bill
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