The following list includes all Private Members' Bills introduced into the House of Lords in Sessions 1954–55 to 1984–85 inclusive. Sixty-nine out of the total of 376 Bills received Royal Assent. Bills brought from the House of Commons are not included.
Session |
Bill (Those marked with an asterisk received Royal Assent) |
1958–59 |
Domicile |
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Leasehold Enfranchisement and Restrictive Covenants |
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Mock Auctions |
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*Solicitors (Amendment) |
1959–60 |
Administration of Justice (Contempt of Court) |
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Education (Amendment) |
|
Fines |
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*Marriage (Enabling) |
1960–61 |
Affiliation Proceedings (Blood Tests) |
|
Right of Privacy |
1961–62 |
*Animals (Cruel Poisons) |
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Boxing |
|
*British Museum |
|
Racial Discrimination |
1962–63 |
Burial and Cremation |
|
Hire-Purchase (Amendment) |
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Married Women's Savings |
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*Performers' Protection |
|
Private Street Works |
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Sale of Dead Wild Geese Prohibition |
|
Slaughter of Animals |
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*Stock Transfer |
1963–64 |
*Divorce (Scotland) |
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*Episcopal Church (Scotland) |
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*Films |
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Hire-Purchase |
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*Married Women's Property |
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*New Forest |
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*Protection of Animals (Anaesthetics) |
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*Trustee Savings Banks |
1964–65 |
Dogs |
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*Justices of the Peace |
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Licensing (Scotland) |
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National Assistance |
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National Insurance (Further Provisions) |
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Performing Animals |
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Protection of Birds |
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Railway Closures |
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*Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries |
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Sexual Offences |
|
*Solicitors |
|
*Solicitors (Scotland) |
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Sweepstakes on Horseraces (Authorisation) |
1965–66 |
Abortion |
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Matrimonial Homes |
|
Sexual Offences |
1966–67 |
Abortion |
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*Deer (Amendment) (Scotland) |
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Local Government (Rights of the Public) |
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*Matrimonial Homes |
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*Private Places of Entertainment (Licensing) |
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*Protection of Birds |
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Racial and Religious Discrimination |
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*Refreshment Houses |
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Registration and Control of Unlicensed Clubs |
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Sale of Goods |
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Sexual Offences |
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Sporting Events (Betting) |
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Strengthening of Marriage |
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Sunday Entertainments |
|
Transport Users Consultative Committees |
1967–68 |
Conservation of Seals |
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Electricity |
|
Government of Wales |
|
House of Lords (Composition and Functions) |
|
Local Government |
|
Parliament |
|
Ponies |
|
Shops (Sunday Trading) |
|
Shops (Sunday Trading) (No. 2) |
|
Street Offences |
Session |
Bill (Those marked with an asterisk received Royal Assent) |
1968–69 |
*Betting, Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) |
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Companies (Political Contributions) |
|
Conservation of Seals |
|
Export of Animals for Research |
|
Gaming (Amendment) |
|
Gaming (Amendment) (No. 2) |
|
Lotteries (Greater London Council) |
|
Parliament |
|
Parliament (No. 6) |
|
Personal Records (Computers) |
|
*Sharing of Church Buildings |
|
Street Offences |
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Trustee Investments (National Debt Commissioners) (Amendment) |
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Voluntary Euthanasia |
1969–70 |
Companies (Political Contributions) |
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Copyright (Royalties on Records) |
|
Consumer Protection (Amendment) |
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*Game |
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Fireworks Safety |
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*Indecent Advertisements (Amendment) |
|
Parliament |
|
*New Forest |
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*Proceedings against Estates |
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Trustees Investments (National Debt Commissioners) (Amendment) |
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*Riding Establishments |
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Street Offences |
|
Television (Advertisements) |
1970–71 |
Consumer Protection (Amendment) |
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*Copyright (Amendment) |
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*Consumer Protection |
|
Bill of Rights |
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*Betting, Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) |
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Aircraft (Offences) |
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Meteorites |
|
Northern Ireland Bill of Rights |
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Matrimonial Proceedings (Polygamous Marriages) |
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Sunday Entertainments (Amendment) |
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Visiting Forces |
|
Shops (Sunday Trading) |
|
Dog Licences |
|
Sunday Theatre |
1971–72 |
Anti-Discrimination (No. 2) |
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Control of Zoological Gardens |
|
Control of Zoological Gardens (No. 2) |
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Diseases of Animals (Amendment) |
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*Harbours, Piers and Ferries (Scotland) |
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Hare Coursing (Abolition) (No. 2) |
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Landlord and Tenant (Business Compensation) |
|
Northern Ireland Bill of Rights |
|
Northern Ireland Proportional Representation |
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*Performers Protection |
|
Queen Anne's Mansions |
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*Social Work (Scotland) |
|
Solicitors (Amendment) |
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*Sunday Cinema |
|
Sunday Theatre |
|
*Sunday Theatre (No. 2) |
1972–73 |
*Badgers |
|
College of Arms |
|
Control of Zoological Gardens |
|
Education (Amendment) |
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Endowed Schools Act (Amendment) |
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Immigration Act 1971 (Amendment) |
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Landlord and Tenant (Shops Compensation) |
|
London Parish Councils |
|
Rehabilitation of Offenders |
|
Sex Discrimination |
|
Solicitors (Amendment) |
|
*Succession (Scotland) |
1973–74 |
Civil Aviation (Amendment) |
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Control of Zoological Gardens |
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Cruel Experiments |
|
Education (Amendment) |
|
Endangered Species |
|
Immigration |
|
Protection of Minors |
Session |
Bill (Those marked with an asterisk received Royal Assent) |
|
Senior and Older Workers (Employment) |
|
Small Authorities' Lotteries |
|
Wild Plants Protection |
1974 |
*Carriage of Passengers by Road |
|
Education (Amendment) |
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Endangered Species |
|
Farriers (Registration) |
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*Education (Mentally Handicapped Children) (Scotland) |
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Immigration |
|
Lead Content (Petrol) |
|
*Lord Chancellor (Tenure of Office and Discharge of Ecclesiastical Functions) |
|
Local Lotteries |
|
*Parks Regulation (Amendment) |
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*Mines (Working Facilities and Support) |
|
Race Relations |
|
Small Authorities (Lotteries) |
|
Representation of the People (European Communities) |
|
Spouses (Equal Treatment) |
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*Rehabilitation of Offenders |
|
*Town and Country Amenities |
1974–75 |
Conservation of Wild Creatures |
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Cruelty to Animals |
|
Divorce (Scotland) |
|
Education (Amendment) |
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Endangered Species |
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Immigration |
|
Public Lending Right |
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Race Relations |
|
Railways (Transfer of Undertakings) |
|
Solicitors (Amendment) |
|
Waterways |
|
Wild Plants Protection |
1975–76 |
Bill of Rights |
|
Bill of Rights (Northern Ireland) |
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Divorce (Scotland) |
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Endangered Species |
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Employment Protection (Amendment) |
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Incurable Patients |
|
Licensing (Amendment) |
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Northern Ireland (Trial of Terrorists and Witness Protection) |
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Parochial Records |
|
*Solicitors (Scotland) |
|
Shops (Holiday Resorts Sunday Trading) |
1976–77 |
Bill of Rights |
|
Bill of Rights (Northern Ireland) |
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Construction of Roads (Time Limit) |
|
Cruelty to Animals |
|
Deer |
|
Detonators |
|
Divorce Reform (Northern Ireland) |
|
Education (Northern Ireland) |
|
*Farriers (Registration) (Amendment) |
|
Foreign Boycotts |
|
Import of Live Fish (Scotland) |
|
National Land Fund |
|
Otter Hunting Regulation |
|
Public Lending Right |
|
Representation of the People (Amendment) |
|
Road Traffic (Seat Belts) |
|
Road Traffic (Seat Belts) (No. 2) |
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Sale of Lordships of Manors |
|
Service Widows (Equality of Pensions) (No. 2) |
|
Sexual Offences (Amendment) |
|
Sexual Offences (Scotland) |
1977–78 |
Blasphemy (Abolition of Offence) |
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Conservation of Wild Creatures and Wild Plants (Amendment) |
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*Education (Northern Ireland) |
|
Films |
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Foreign Boycotts |
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*Import of Live Fish (Scotland) |
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*Industrial and Provident Societies |
|
Prayer Book (Ballot of Laity) |
Session |
Bill (Those marked with an asterisk received Royal Assent) |
1978–79 |
Antiquities |
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Conservation of Wild Creatures and Wild Plants (Amendment) |
|
Countryside (Amendment) (Scotland) |
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*Criminal Evidence |
|
Deer |
|
Direct Labour (Major Accounting Works) |
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Marriage (Enabling) |
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National Land Fund |
|
Public Records (Amendment) |
|
Representation of People (Armed Forces) |
|
Shops (Sunday Trading) |
|
Suspected Persons (Arbitration) |
|
Water Charges (Launderettes) |
1979–80 |
*Betting, Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) |
|
Betting, Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) (No. 2) |
|
Bill of Rights |
|
Conservation of Wild Creatures and Wild Plants (Amendment) |
|
Constitutional Referendum |
|
Criminal Injuries Compensation |
|
Criminal Justice (Amendment) |
|
Dealings with Witnesses |
|
Disused Burial Grounds (Amendment) |
|
Furskins |
|
*Gaming (Amendment) |
|
Hypnotism |
|
Interpretation of legislation |
|
Laboratory Animals Protection |
|
Local Government Grants (Ethnic Groups) |
|
Marriage (Enabling) |
|
Matrimonial Homes (Co-ownership) |
|
Public Records Amendment |
|
Representation of the People (Armed Forces) |
|
Street Offences (Amendment) |
|
Trees (Replanting and Replacement) |
|
Water Charges (Launderettes) |
1980–81 |
Betting, Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) |
|
Beverage Containers |
|
Bill of Rights |
|
Boxing |
|
Constitutional Referendum |
|
*Criminal Justice (Amendment) |
|
*Disused Burial Grounds (Amendment) |
|
*Forgery and Counterfeiting |
|
Harbours (Transport of Farm Animals) |
|
Interpretation of Legislation |
|
Laboratory Animals Protection |
|
*Licensing (Amendment) |
|
Licensing Amendment (Off-Licences) |
|
Marriage Enabling |
|
Marriage (Stepparents and Stepchildren) |
|
*Matrimonial Homes and Property |
|
Pet Animals Act 1951 (Amendment) |
|
Prayer Book Protection |
|
Representation of the People |
|
Road Traffic (Seat Belts) |
|
Slaughter of Animals |
|
Trees (Replanting and Replacement) |
|
Zoo Licensing |
1981–82 |
Antiquities |
|
Beverage Containers |
|
Boxing |
|
Broadcasting Finance |
|
Child Care (No. 2) |
|
Civil Aviation (Amendment) (No. 2) |
|
Constitutional Referendum |
|
*Copyright Act 1956 (Amendment) |
|
*Deer (Amendment) (Scotland) |
|
Dissemination of Pornography |
|
Falkland Islands (British Citizenship) (No. 2) |
|
Harbours (Transport of Farm Animals) |
|
Junior Hospital Doctors (Restriction of Hours) |
|
Leasehold Reform |
Session |
Bill (Those marked with an asterisk received Royal Assent) |
|
Marriage (Stepparents and Stepchildren) |
|
Opticians Act 1958 (Amendment) |
|
Pet Animals Act 1951 (Amendment) |
|
Salmon Fisheries (Protection) (Scotland) |
|
Security Officers Control |
|
Sex Discrimination (Amendment) |
|
Shops |
|
Slaughter of Animals (Amendment) |
|
Town and Country Planning (Amendment) |
|
Transport (London) (Amendment) |
|
Wages Councils (Abolition) |
1982–83 |
Abortion (Amendment) |
|
Alcoholic Liquor (Wholesale Dealers) |
|
British Museum Act 1963 (Amendment) |
|
*British Nationality (Falkland Islands) (formerly "… Amendment") |
|
Child Care |
|
Copyright (Amendment) (No. 2) |
|
Criminal Trespass on Residential Premises |
|
European Assembly Elections (Amendment) |
|
Foreign Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Bases (Prohibition) |
|
Gaming (Amendment) |
|
Juries (Amendment) |
|
Local Government (Choice of Electoral Systems) |
|
Lotteries (Amendment) |
|
Parochial Charities (Neighbourhood Trusts) |
|
*Pet Animals Act 1951 (Amendment) |
|
Prohibition of Female Circumcision |
|
Public Records (Amendment) |
|
Rent (Abolition of Control) |
|
Trade Marks Act 1938 (Amendment) |
|
Travel Concessions for the Unemployed |
|
Truck Acts (Repeal) |
1983–84 |
Amusement Machines |
|
British Museum Act 1963 (Amendment) |
|
Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons (Amendment) (No. 2) |
|
Criminal Trespass |
|
Dangerous Vessels |
|
Disabled Persons |
|
Education (Amendment) (Scotland) |
|
European Assembly Elections (Amendment) |
|
Lotteries (Amendment) |
|
Opticians Act 1958 (Amendment) |
|
Parochial Charities (Neighbourhood Trusts) |
|
Prayer Book Protection |
|
Prohibition of Female Circumcision |
|
Recreational Gardening |
|
Rent (Abolition of Control) |
|
Small Charities |
|
Straw and Stubble Burning (Control and Licensing) (changed from Straw and Stubble Burning Prohibition) |
|
Travel Concessions for the Unemployed |
|
Urban Parishes |
1984–85 |
*Betting, Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) |
|
*Charities |
|
Coal Industry Nationalisation (Amendment) |
|
*Dangerous Vessels |
|
District Salmon Fishery Boards (Scotland) |
|
Education and Training |
|
Immigration (Bail) |
|
*Licensing (Amendment) |
|
Local Government (Choice of Electoral Systems) |
|
Recreational Gardening |
|
Road Races (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 (Amendment) |
|
Road Traffic (Eyesight Requirements for Drivers) |
|
Straw and Stubble Burning (Control) |
|
Tobacco Products (Advertising) |
|
United Nations (Namibia) |
|
Wages Councils (Abolition) |
|
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Amendment) |