At the beginning of each Session of Parliament the Government announces in the Queen’s Speech the legislation it hopes to introduce during that Session. This Factsheet describes the process by which such legislation is passed. Other methods of passing bills, including those presented by Private Members, are described in Factsheets L2, L4 and L5.
L1 The Parliamentary Stages of a Government Bill ( PDF 157 KB)
LegislationPublic Bills before Parliament- List of bills with links to full textProgress of Bills before Parliament - from Weekly Information Bulletin (with dates of all past and future stages)Draft Bills - Information on Draft Bills currently before Parliament
Commons Library Research PapersFull list of Research Papers since 1998 - a paper is prepared for Second Reading of all Government Bills
External linksGovernment Bills in progress (Leader of the House of Commons website)Statute Law database
Feedback on this factsheet can be sent to the House of Commons Information Office using the form at the back of the factsheet or by e-mail to hcinfo@parliament.uk
