HL Deb 10 December 1985 vol 469 cc199-204WA
Lord Robertson of Oakridge

asked the Leader of the House:

Whether he will publish in the Official Report a list of Private Members' Bills introduced into the House of Lords in each Session since 1955; and how many received the Royal Assent.

The Lord President of the Council (Viscount Whitelaw)

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)
1954–55 Children and Young Persons (Amendment)
Wedgwood Benn (Renunciation)
1955–56 Coercive Action (Relief)
Press Authority
Rabbits
Rabbits (Prohibition of Spreading)
*Solicitors (Amendment)
1956–57 Liberties of the Subject
Licensing (Amendment)
Matrimonial Causes Jurisdiction
Pests Act 1954 (Amendment)
Press Authority
1957–58 Domicile
Guardianship of Infants
Licensing of Bulls and Boars
Pests Act, 1954 (Amendment)
*Solicitors (Scotland)
Session Bill (Those marked with an asterisk received Royal Assent)
1958–59 Domicile
Leasehold Enfranchisement and Restrictive Covenants
Mock Auctions
*Solicitors (Amendment)
1959–60 Administration of Justice (Contempt of Court)
Education (Amendment)
Fines
*Marriage (Enabling)
1960–61 Affiliation Proceedings (Blood Tests)
Right of Privacy
1961–62 *Animals (Cruel Poisons)
Boxing
*British Museum
Racial Discrimination
1962–63 Burial and Cremation
Hire-Purchase (Amendment)
Married Women's Savings
*Performers' Protection
Private Street Works
Sale of Dead Wild Geese Prohibition
Slaughter of Animals
*Stock Transfer
1963–64 *Divorce (Scotland)
*Episcopal Church (Scotland)
*Films
Hire-Purchase
*Married Women's Property
*New Forest
*Protection of Animals (Anaesthetics)
*Trustee Savings Banks
1964–65 Dogs
*Justices of the Peace
Licensing (Scotland)
National Assistance
National Insurance (Further Provisions)
Performing Animals
Protection of Birds
Railway Closures
*Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries
Sexual Offences
*Solicitors
*Solicitors (Scotland)
Sweepstakes on Horseraces (Authorisation)
1965–66 Abortion
Matrimonial Homes
Sexual Offences
1966–67 Abortion
*Deer (Amendment) (Scotland)
Local Government (Rights of the Public)
*Matrimonial Homes
*Private Places of Entertainment (Licensing)
*Protection of Birds
Racial and Religious Discrimination
*Refreshment Houses
Registration and Control of Unlicensed Clubs
Sale of Goods
Sexual Offences
Sporting Events (Betting)
Strengthening of Marriage
Sunday Entertainments
Transport Users Consultative Committees
1967–68 Conservation of Seals
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)
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
Trustee Investments (National Debt Commissioners) (Amendment)
Voluntary Euthanasia
1969–70 Companies (Political Contributions)
Copyright (Royalties on Records)
Consumer Protection (Amendment)
*Game
Fireworks Safety
*Indecent Advertisements (Amendment)
Parliament
*New Forest
*Proceedings against Estates
Trustees Investments (National Debt Commissioners) (Amendment)
*Riding Establishments
Street Offences
Television (Advertisements)
1970–71 Consumer Protection (Amendment)
*Copyright (Amendment)
*Consumer Protection
Bill of Rights
*Betting, Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment)
Aircraft (Offences)
Meteorites
Northern Ireland Bill of Rights
Matrimonial Proceedings (Polygamous Marriages)
Sunday Entertainments (Amendment)
Visiting Forces
Shops (Sunday Trading)
Dog Licences
Sunday Theatre
1971–72 Anti-Discrimination (No. 2)
Control of Zoological Gardens
Control of Zoological Gardens (No. 2)
Diseases of Animals (Amendment)
*Harbours, Piers and Ferries (Scotland)
Hare Coursing (Abolition) (No. 2)
Landlord and Tenant (Business Compensation)
Northern Ireland Bill of Rights
Northern Ireland Proportional Representation
*Performers Protection
Queen Anne's Mansions
*Social Work (Scotland)
Solicitors (Amendment)
*Sunday Cinema
Sunday Theatre
*Sunday Theatre (No. 2)
1972–73 *Badgers
College of Arms
Control of Zoological Gardens
Education (Amendment)
Endowed Schools Act (Amendment)
Immigration Act 1971 (Amendment)
Landlord and Tenant (Shops Compensation)
London Parish Councils
Rehabilitation of Offenders
Sex Discrimination
Solicitors (Amendment)
*Succession (Scotland)
1973–74 Civil Aviation (Amendment)
Control of Zoological Gardens
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)
Endangered Species
Farriers (Registration)
*Education (Mentally Handicapped Children) (Scotland)
Immigration
Lead Content (Petrol)
*Lord Chancellor (Tenure of Office and Discharge of Ecclesiastical Functions)
Local Lotteries
*Parks Regulation (Amendment)
*Mines (Working Facilities and Support)
Race Relations
Small Authorities (Lotteries)
Representation of the People (European Communities)
Spouses (Equal Treatment)
*Rehabilitation of Offenders
*Town and Country Amenities
1974–75 Conservation of Wild Creatures
Cruelty to Animals
Divorce (Scotland)
Education (Amendment)
Endangered Species
Immigration
Public Lending Right
Race Relations
Railways (Transfer of Undertakings)
Solicitors (Amendment)
Waterways
Wild Plants Protection
1975–76 Bill of Rights
Bill of Rights (Northern Ireland)
Divorce (Scotland)
Endangered Species
Employment Protection (Amendment)
Incurable Patients
Licensing (Amendment)
Northern Ireland (Trial of Terrorists and Witness Protection)
Parochial Records
*Solicitors (Scotland)
Shops (Holiday Resorts Sunday Trading)
1976–77 Bill of Rights
Bill of Rights (Northern Ireland)
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)
Sale of Lordships of Manors
Service Widows (Equality of Pensions) (No. 2)
Sexual Offences (Amendment)
Sexual Offences (Scotland)
1977–78 Blasphemy (Abolition of Offence)
Conservation of Wild Creatures and Wild Plants (Amendment)
*Education (Northern Ireland)
Films
Foreign Boycotts
*Import of Live Fish (Scotland)
*Industrial and Provident Societies
Prayer Book (Ballot of Laity)
Session Bill (Those marked with an asterisk received Royal Assent)
1978–79 Antiquities
Conservation of Wild Creatures and Wild Plants (Amendment)
Countryside (Amendment) (Scotland)
*Criminal Evidence
Deer
Direct Labour (Major Accounting Works)
Marriage (Enabling)
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)