Private Members' Bills (Royal Assent) (Hansard, 23 November 1987)

§ Mr. Wakeham

My hon. Friend will already be aware of much of the following information which was given in a written reply to him by my predecessor on 26 January 1987 at columns117–123

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The information is as follows:

Private Members' Bills receiving the Royal Assent 1957–58

Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy Charities
Costs of Leases
Divorce (Insanity and Desertion)
Drainage Rates
First Offenders
Industrial Assurance and Friendly Societies Act 1948 (Amendments)
Interest on Damages (Scotland)
Litter
Local Government (Omnibus Shelters and Queue Barriers) (Scotland)
Marriages Acts (Amendment)
Matrimonial Causes (Property and Maintenance)
Matrimonial Proceedings (Children)
Medical Act 1956 (Amendment)
Metropolitan Police Act 1939 (Amendment)
Opticians
Physical Training and Recreation
Reading Almshouse and Municipal Charities
Road Transport Lighting (Amendment)
Royal Institution of Great Britain Charity
St. James' Dwellings Charity
Solicitors (Scotland)
Trading Representatives (Disabled Persons)
Variation of Trusts

1958–59

Agricultural Improvement Grants
Criminal Justice Administration (Amendment)
Eisteddfod
Family Allowances and National Insurance
Fatal Accidents
Hospital of St. Mary Magdalene and Other Charities(Newcastle upon Tyne) Charity
Hospital of St. Nicholas (Salisbury) Charity
Housing (Underground Rooms)
Intestate Husbands' Estate (Scotland)
Jesus Hospital (Rothwell) Charity
Landlord and Tenant (Furniture and Fittings)
Legitimacy
Marriage (Secretaries of Synagogues)
Obscene Publications
Police Federation
Poor's Coal Charity (Wavendon) Charity
Restriction of Offensive Weapons
Small Lotteries and Gaming Act 1956 (Amendment)
Solicitors (Amendment)
Supreme Court of Judication (Amendment)

1959–60

Abandonment of Animals
Adoption
Bromley College and other charities
Chipping Sodbury Town Trust
Clean Rivers (Estuaries and Tidal Waters)
Corporate Bodies Contracts
First Offenders (Scotland)
Game Laws (Amendment)
House of Commons Members Fund
Marriage (Enabling)
Noise Abatement
Offices
Oil Burners (Standards)
Pawnbrokers
Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings)
Road Traffic (Amendment)
Road Traffic (Driving of Motor Cycles)
United Charities of Nathaniel Waterhouse and other charities Halifax
Wages Arrestment Limitation (Amendment) (Scotland)

1960–61

Barristers (Qualification for Office)
Carriage by Air
Companies (Floating Charges) (Scotland)
Consumer Protection
Court of Chancery of Lancaster (Amendment)
Credit-Sale Agreements (Scotland)
Highways (Miscellaneous Provisions)
Home Safety
Industrial and Provident Societies
Mock Auctions
Nurses (Amendment)
Oaths Act 1888 (Amendment)
Police Federation
Printer's Imprint
Private Street Works
Public Authorities (Allowances)
Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act 1959 (Amendment)
Rivers (Prevention of Pollution)
Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage
Small Estates (Representation)

1961–62

Agriculture and Forestry Associations
Air Guns and Shot Guns etc.
Animals (Cruel Poisons)
British Museum
Carriage by Air (Supplementary Provisions)
Coal Consumers' Councils (Northern Irish Interests)
Drainage Rates
House of Commons Members' Fund
Landlord and Tenant
Law Reform (Damages and Solatium) (Scotland)
Law Reform (Husband and Wife)
Law Authorities (Historic Buildings)
Local Government (Records)
Lotteries and Gaming
Marriage (Wales and Monmouthshire)
National Assistance Act 1948 (Amendment)
Penalties for Drunkenness
Police Federations
Recorded Delivery Service
Shops (Airports)

1962–63

Animal Boarding Establishments
Corn Rents
Deer
Dog Racing (Appointed Days) Changed to (Betting Days)
Drainage Rates
Forestry (Sale of Land) (Scotland)
Limitation
Local Authorities (Land)
Local Government (Financial Provisions)
Matrimonial Causes and Reconciliation
Nursing Homes
Oaths and Evidence (Overseas Authorities) and Countries
Oil in Navigable Waters
Performers' Protection
Public Lavatories (Turnstiles)
Sheriff Courts (Civil Jurisdiction and Procedure) (Scotland)
Stock Transfer
Wills

1963–64

Adoption
Animals (Restriction of Importation)
Betting, Gaming and Lotteries (Amusements with Prizes)
British Nationality (No.2)
Burgh Police (Amendment) (Scotland)
Criminal Procedure (Right of Reply)
Dangerous Drugs
Divorce (Scotland)
Elections (Welsh Forms)
Episcopal Church (Scotland)
Films
Fireworks
Hairdressers (Registration)
Law of Property (Joint Tenants)
Local Government (Development and Finance) (Scotland)
Local Government (Pecuniary Interests)
Married Women's Property
Merchant Shipping
National Health Service (Hospital Boards)
New Forest
New Towns (No.2)
Nurses
Pharmacy and Poisons (Amendment)
Protection of Animals (Anaesthetics)
Protection of Birds Act 1954 (Amendment)
Riding Establishments
Road Traffic
Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1923 (Amendment)
Scrap Metal Dealers
Trade Union (Amalgamations, etc)
Trading Stamps
Trustee Savings Banks
Universities and College Estates
Young Persons (Employment)
1964–65
Administration of Estates (Small Payments)
British Nationality
Carriage of Goods by Road
Criminal Justice
Criminal Procedure (Attendance of Witnesses)
Criminal Procedure (Scotland)
Highways (Amendment)
Justices of the Peace
Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947 (Amendment) (No.2)
Lost Property (Scotland)
Merchant Shipping
Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty)
Public Health (Notification of Births)
Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries
Shops (Early Closing Days)
Solicitors
Solicitors (Scotland)
1965–66
None
1966–67
Abortion (No. 2) see Medical Termination of Pregnancy
Antarctic Treaty
Civic Amenities
Deer (Amendment) (Scotland)
Farm and Garden Chemicals
Industrial and Provident Societies
Land Registration
Licensing (Amendment)
Licensing (Certificates in Suspense) (Scotland)
Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod
Matrimonial Homes
Medical Termination of Pregnancy
Merchant Shipping
National Health Service (Family Planning)
National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) (Amendment)
Private Places of Entertainment (Licensing)
Protection of Birds
Refreshment Houses
Road Traffic (Amendment)
Road Traffic (Driving Instruction)
Sexual Offences (No. 2)
Slaughter of Poultry
Teachers of Nursing
Tokyo Convention
Vessels Protection
1967–68
Adoption
Caravan Sites
Clean Air
Design Copyright
Domestic and Appellate Proceedings (Restriction of Publicity)
Friendly and Industrial and Provident Societies
Hearing Aid Council
Highlands and Islands Development (Scotland)
Local Authorities' Mutual Investment Trust
Maintenance Orders
Sale of Venison (Scotland) (No. 2)
Theatres
Wills
1968–69
Architects Registration (Amendment)
Auctions (Bidding Agreements)
Betting, Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment)
Divorce Reform
Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance)
Employers' Liability (Defective Equipment)
Licensing (Scotland)
National Mod (Scotland)
Ponies
Public Health (Recurring Nuisances)
Sharing of Church Buildings
Tattooing of Minors
1969–70
Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons
Conservation of Seals
Education (School Milk)
Food and Drugs (Milk)
Game
Indecent Advertisements (Amendment)
Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions)
Local Government (Footpaths and Open Spaces) (Scotland)
Marriage (Registrar General's Licence)
New Forest
Parish Councils and Burial Authorities (Miscellaneous Authorities)
Proceedings against Estates
Riding Establishments
Road Traffic (Disqualification)
Trees
1970–71
Administration of Estates
Betting, Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment)
Carriage of Goods by Sea
Consumer Protection
Dangerous Litter
Interest on Damages (Scotland)
Law Reform Miscellaneous Provisions
Motor Vehicles (Passenger Insurance)
Nullity of Marriage
Powers of Attorney
Unsolicited Goods and Services
Welsh National Opera Company
1971–72
Affiliated Proceedings (Amendment) (No. 2)
Carriage by Railway
Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons (Scotland)
Civil Evidence
Defective Premises
Harbours, Piers and Ferries (Scotland)
Matrimonial Proceedings (Polygamous Marriages)
National Health Service (Family Planning) Amendment
National Insurance (Amendment)
Performers' Protection
Police
Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries
Social Work (Scotland)
Sunday Cinema
Sunday Theatre (No. 2)
Trade Descriptions
Trading Representations (Disabled Persons) (Amendment)
1972–73
Badgers
Breeding of Dogs
Dentists (Amendment)
Domicile and Matrimonial Proceedings
Employment Agencies
Employment of Children
Gaming (Amendment)
Hallmarking
Heavy Commercial Vehicle (Controls and Regulations)
Law Reform (Dilegence) (Scotland)
London Cab
Protection of Wrecks
Rate Rebate
Sea Fisheries (Shellfish)
Succession (Scotland)

1973–74

None

1974

Carriage of Passengers by Road
Education (Mentally Handicapped Children) (Scotland)
Mines (Working Facilities and Support)
Parks Regulation (Amendment)
Rehabilitation of Offenders
Town and Country Amenities
Lord Chancellor (Tenure of Office and Discharge of Ecclesiastical Functions)

1974–75

Conservation of Wild Creatures and Wild Plants (previously Wild Creatures and Wild Plants Protection)
Evidence (Proceedings in Other Jurisdictions)
Farriers (Registration)
Guard Dogs
Hearing Aid Council (Extension)
International Road Haulage Permits
Litigants in person (Costs and Expenses)
Mental Health (Amendment)
Mobile Homes
Unsolicited Goods and Services (Amendment)

1975–76

Chronically sick and Disabled persons (Amendment) (No. 2)
Congenital Disabilities (Civil Liability)
Dangerous Wild Animals
Divorce (Scotland) (No. 2)
Domestic Violence and Matrimonial Proceedings
Explosives (Age of Purchase &c.)
Food and Drugs (Control of Food Premises)
Industrial Common Ownership
Licensing (Amendment)
Motor-Cycle Crash Helmets (Religious Exemption)
Protection of Birds (Amendment)
Representation of the People (Armed Forces)
Sexual Offences (Amendment)
Solicitors (Scotland)
Stock Exchange (completion of Bargains)
Theatres Trust

1976–77

Control of Food Premises (Scotland)
Farriers Registration (Amendment)
Housing (Homeless Persons)
Insurance Brokers (Registration)
Licensing (Amendment)
Minibus
Presumption of Death (Scotland)
Rentcharges
Roe Deer (Close Seasons)
Town and Country Planning (Amendment)
Unfair Contract Terms

1977–78

Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons (Northern Ireland)
Civil Liability (Contribution)
Consumer Safety
Education (Northern Ireland)
Import of Live Fish (Scotland)
Industrial and Provident Societies
Internationally Protected Persons
Local Government [formerly Local Government Act 1974 (Amendment)]
Protection of Children
Rating (Disabled Persons)
Theatres Trust (Scotland)

1978–79

Confirmation to Small Estates (Scotland)
Criminal Evidence
Films

1979–80

Betting, Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment)
Concessionary Travel for Handicapped Persons (Scotland)
Coroners
Deer
Gaming (Amendment)
Import of Live Fish (England and Wales)
Licensed Premises (Exclusion of Certain Persons)
Licensing (Amendment)
Married Women's Policies of Assurance (Scotland) (Amendment)
Representation of the People

1980–81

Countryside (Scotland)
Disabled Persons (No. 2)
Disused Burial Grounds (Amendment)
Fod and Drugs (Amendment)
Forgery and Counterfeiting
Horserace Betting Levy
Indecent Displays (Control)
Industrial Diseases (Notification)
Licensing (Alcohol Education and Research)
Licensing (Amendment)
Local Government and Planning (Amendment)
Matrimonial Homes and Property
Transport Act 1962 (Amendment)
Zoo Licensing (No. 2)

1981–82

Children's Homes
Cinematograph (Amendment)
Copyright Act 1956 (Amendment)
Deer (Amendment) (Scotland)
Firearms
Food and Drugs (Amendment)
Forfeiture [formerly known as Relief from Forfeiture]
Gaming (Amendment)
Planning Inquiries (Attendance of Public)
Supply of Goods and Services

1982–83

British Nationality (Falkland Islands) [formerly British Nationality (Falkland Islands) Amendment]
Copyright (Amendment)
Coroners' Juries
Diseases of Fish
Level Crossings
Licensing (Occasional Permissions)
National Audit
Pet Animals Act 1951 (Amendment)
Road Traffic (Driving Licences)
Solvent Abuse (Scotland)

1983–84

Agriculture (Amendment)
Anatomy
Betting, Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) (No. 2)
Child Abduction
Cycle Tracks
Education (Amendment) (Scotland)
Juries (Disqualification)
Law Reform (Husband and Wife) (Scotland)
Lotteries (Amendment)
Prescription and Limitation (Scotland)
Road Traffic (Driving Instruction)
Trade Marks (Amendment)
Video Recordings

1984–85

Agricultural Training Board
Betting Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment)
Charities
Charter Trustees
Controlled Drug (Penalties)
Copyright (Computer Software) (Amendment)
Dangerous Vessels
Gaming (Bingo)
Hill Farming
Hospitals Complaints Procedure
Intoxicating Substances (Supply)
Licensing (Amendment)
Local Government (Access to Information)
Motor-Cycle Crash Helmets (Restriction of Liability)
Prohibition of Female Circumcision
Rent (Amendment)
Road Traffic (Production of Documents)
Sexual Offences
Town and Country Planning (Amendment) changed from (Town and Country Planning) (Protection of Trees and Woodlands) (Amendment))
Wildlife and Countryside (Amendment)
Wildlife and Countryside (Service of Notices)
1985–86
Children and Young Persons (Amendment)
Civil Protection in Peacetime
Consumer Safety (Amendment)
Corneal Tissue
Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation)
Drainage Rates (Disabled Persons)
Forestry
Gaming (Amendment)
Health Service Joint Consultative Committees (Access to Information) (changed from Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 (Extension))
Highways (Amendment)
Horticultural Produce
Incest and Related Offences (Scotland)
Industrial Training
Law Reform (Parent and Child) (Scotland)
Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship)
Marriage (Wales)
Prevention of Oil Pollution
Protection of Children (Tobacco) (Changed from Tobacco Products (Sales Restriction))
Protection of Military Remains
Road Traffic Regulation (Parking)
Safety at Sea
1986–87
Access to Personal Files
Agricultural Training Board
AIDS Control
Animals (Scotland)
Billiards (Abolition of Restrictions)
Crossbows
Crown Proceedings (Armed Forces)
Deer
Gaming (Amendment)
Licensing (Restaurant Meals)
Motorcycle Noise
Prescription (Scotland)
Protection of Animals (Penalties)
Register of Sasines (Scotland)
Registered Establishments (Scotland)

The names of the sponsors of these 453 private Members' Bills are contained in the Public Bill lists issued each week. To list these names in the Official Report would involve disproportionate cost.

	Private Members' Bills
Session	Number introduced	Number receiving Royal Assent	Percentage
1957–58	45	24	53
1958–59	43	21	50
1959–60	42	19	45
1960–61	55	20	36
1961–62	53	20	38
1962–63	50	18	36
1963–64	86	34	40
1964–65	80	17	21
1965–66	38	0	—
1966–67	107	24	22
1967–68	77	13	17
1968–69	94	12	13
1969–70	81	15	19
1970–71	67	12	18

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Session	Number introduced	Number receiving Royal Assent	Percentage
1971–72	82	17	21
1972–73	85	15	18
1973–74	42	0	—
1974	39	7	18
1974–75	86	10	12
1975–76	85	16	19
1976–77	89	11	12
1977–78	89	11	12
1978–79	58	3	5
1979–80	125	10	8
1980–81	80	14	18
1981–82	93	10	11
1982–83	81	10	12
1983–84	118	13	11
1984–85	98	21	21
1985–86	114	21	18
1986–87	85	15	18