These are the Bills Keir Starmer's government is going to bring forward

Today (July 17) saw the first King’s Speech of Keir Starmer’s government. The King’s Speech sets out the legislation the government intends to put before parliament.

A total of 40 Bills were announced as part of the King’s Speech. Here’s the full list:

1. Budget Responsibility Bill
2. National Wealth Fund Bill
3. Pension Schemes Bill
4. Planning and Infrastructure Bill
5. Employment Rights Bill
6. English Devolution Bill
7. Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill
8. Better Buses Bill
9. Railways Bill
10. Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill
11. Arbitration Bill
12. Product Safety and Metrology Bill
13. Digital Information and Smart Data Bill
14. High Speed Rail (Crewe to Manchester) Bill
15. Great British Energy Bill
16. The Crown Estate Bill
17. Sustainable Aviation Fuel (Revenue Support Mechanism) Bill
18. Water (Special Measures) Bill
19. Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
20. Crime and Policing Bill
21. Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill
22. Victims, Courts and Public Protection Bill
23. Children’s Wellbeing Bill
24. Skills England Bill
25. Renters’ Rights Bill
26. Football Governance Bill
27. Tobacco and Vapes Bill
28. Mental Health Bill
29. Hillsborough Law (this will be a bill, but the Cabinet Office has not said what it will be called)
30. Armed Forces Commissioner Bill
31. Northern Ireland Legacy Legislation (this involves repealing the Northern Ireland Troubles [Legacy and Reconciliation] Act, but the Cabinet Office says repeal will require passing a new, replacement bill)
32. House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
33. Cyber Security and Resilience Bill
34. Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill
35. Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 (Extension) Bill
36. Holocaust Memorial Bill
37. Draft Audit Reform and Corporate Governance Bill
38. Draft Leasehold and Commonhold Reform Bill
39. Draft Equality (Race and Disability) Bill
40. Draft Conversion Practices Bill

Chris Jarvis is head of strategy and development at Left Foot Forward

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