HC Deb 10 June 1988 vol 134 cc712-21W
Mr. Amess

To ask the Lord President of the Council (1) if he will publish in theOfficial Report the total number of (a) Government Bills and (b) private Members' Bills introduced in each Session since 1958;

(2) what percentage of (a) Government Bills, and (b) Private Members' Bills received the Royal Assent in each Session since 1958.

Mr. Wakeham

The information is as follows:

Session Government Bills Private Members' Bills
Number Per cent. Number Per cent.
1958–59 56 98 43 48
1959–60 53 100 42 45
1960–61 48 94 55 36

Session Government Bills Private Members' Bills
Number Per cent. Number Per cent.
1961–62 39 100 53 38
1962–63 43 98 50 36
1963–64 64 98 86 40
1964–65 66 98 80 21
1965–66 36 58 38 —
1966–67 103 100 107 22
1967–68 65 97 77 17
1968–69 54 94 94 13
1969–70 63 60 81 19
1970–71 76 100 67 18
1971–72 59 100 82 21
1972–73 59 100 85 18
1973–74 33 45 42 —
1974 39 90 39 18
1974–75 81 90 86 12
1975–76 76 95 85 19
1976–77 49 86 89 12
1977–78 49 100 89 12
1978–79 55 80 58 5
1979–80 71 100 125 8
1980–81 58 98 80 18
1981–82 47 98 93 11
1982–83 48 85 81 12
1983–84 60 100 118 11
1984–85 56 96 98 21
1985–86 51 96 114 18
1986–87 39 92 85 18
1987–88 to date 43 n/a 88 n/a

Mr. Amess

To ask the Lord President of the Council, if he will publish in theOfficial Report a list of private Members' Bills which were introduced (a) under Standing Order 58, (b) under the ten-minute rule, and (c) ballot Bills, which received the Royal Assent in each session since 1958.

Mr. Wakeham

The information is as follows:

A. Private Members' Bills introduced under S.O. 58 receiving Royal Assent

1958–59

  • Agricultural Improvement Grants
  • Hospital of St. Mary Magdalene and other Charities (Newcastle upon Tyne) Charity
  • Hospital of St. Nicholas (Salisbury) Charity
  • Jesus Hospital (Rothwell) Charity
  • Poor's Coal Charity (Wavendon) Charity
  • Small Lotteries and Gaming Act 1956 (Amendment) Solicitors (Amendment) [Lords]
  • Supreme Court of Judicature (Amendment)

1959–60

  • Bromley College and other Charities
  • Chipping Sodbury Town Trust
  • Game Laws (Amendment)
  • House of Commons Members' Fund
  • Marriage (Enabling) [Lords]
  • Pawnbrokers
  • United Charities of Nathaniel Waterhouse, and other Charities (Halifax)

1960–61

  • Banisters (Qualification for Office)
  • Court of Chancery of Lancaster (Amendment)
  • Credit-Sale Agreements (Scotland)
  • Nurses (Amendment)
  • Oaths Act 1888 (Amendment)
  • Private Street Works
  • Public Authorities (Allowances)
  • Small Estates (Representation)

1961–62

  • Animals (Cruel Poisons) [Lords]
  • British Museum [Lords]
  • Drainage Rates
    • 714
  • House of Commons Members' Fund
  • Law Reform (Damages and Solatium) (Scotland)
  • Law Reform (Husband and Wife)
  • Marriage (Wales and Monmouthshire)
  • Recorded Delivery Service

1962–63

  • Dog Racing (Betting Days)
  • Drainage Rates
  • Performers' Protection [Lords]
  • Public Lavatories (Turnstiles)
  • Stock Transfer [Lords]

1963–64

  • Animals (Restriction of Importation)
  • British Nationality (No. 2)
  • Burgh Police (Amendment) (Scotland)
  • Dangerous Drugs
  • Divorce (Scotland) [Lords]
  • Elections (Welsh Forms)
  • Episcopal Church (Scotland) [Lords]
  • Films [Lords]
  • Fireworks
  • Hairdressers (Registration)
  • Married Women's Property [Lords]
  • National Health Service (Hospital Boards)
  • New Forest [Lords]
  • Pharmacy and Poisons (Amendment)
  • Protection of Animals (Anaesthetics) [Lords]
  • Road Traffic
  • Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1923 (Amendment)
  • Trustee Savings Banks [Lords]

1964–65

  • British Nationality
  • Criminal Justice
  • Criminal Procedure (Attendance of Witnesses)
  • Criminal Procedure (Scotland)
  • Justices of the Peace [Lords]
  • Local Government (Scotland)Act 1947 (Amendment) (No. 2)
  • Lost Property (Scotland)
  • Merchant Shipping
  • Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty)
  • Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries [Lords]
  • Solicitors [Lords]
  • Solicitors (Scotland) [Lords]

1965–66

None

1966–67

  • Deer (Amendment) (Scotland) [Lords]
  • Land Registration [Lords]
  • Llangollen International Music Eisteddfod
  • Matrimonial Homes [Lords]
  • Merchant Shipping
  • Protection of Birds [Lords]
  • Refreshment Houses [Lords]
  • Slaughter of Poultry

1967–68

  • Sale of Venison (Scotland) (No. 2)
  • Wills

1968–69

  • Betting, Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) [Lords]
  • Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance)
  • Public Health (Recurring Nuisances)
  • Sharing of Church Buildings [Lords]

1969–70

  • Education (School Milk)
  • Food and Drugs (Milk)
  • Game [Lords]
  • Indecent Advertisements (Amendment) [Lords]
  • Marriage (Registrar General's Licence)
  • New Forest [Lords]
  • Proceedings against Estates [Lords]
  • Riding Establishments [Lords]
  • Road Traffic (Disqualification)

1970–71

  • Carriage of Goods by Sea
  • Powers of Attorney
  • Welsh National Opera Company

1971–72

  • Affiliated Proceedings (Amendment) (No. 2)
  • Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons (Scotland)
  • Civil Evidence
  • Harbours, Piers and Ferries (Scotland) [Lords]
  • National Health Service (Family Planning) Amendment
  • Performers' Protection [Lords]
  • Police
  • Social Work (Scotland) [Lords]
  • Sunday Cinema [Lords]
  • Sunday Theatre (No. 2) [Lords]

1972–73

  • Badgers [Lords]
  • Dentists (Amendment)
  • Gaming (Amendment)
  • Rate Rebate
  • Sea Fisheries (Shellfish)
  • Succession (Scotland) [Lords]

1973–74

None

1974

  • Lord Chancellor (Tenure of Office and Discharge of Ecclesiastical Functions) [Lords]
  • Mines (Working Facilities and Support)
  • Parks Regulation (Amendment) [Lords]

1974–75

  • Guard Dogs
  • Hearing Aid Council (Extension)

1975–76

  • Licensing (Amendment) [Lords]
  • Motor-Cycle Crash-Helmets (Religious Exemption)
  • Protection of Birds (Amendment)
  • Solicitors (Scotland) [Lords]

1976–77

  • Farriers Registration (Amendment) [Lords]
  • Licensing (Amendment)
  • Presumption of Death (Scotland)
  • Roe Deer (Close Seasons)
  • Unfair Contract Terms

1977–78

  • Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons (Northern Ireland)
  • Education (Northern Ireland) [Lords]
  • Import of Live Fish (Scotland) [Lords]
  • Industrial and Provident Societies [Lords]
  • Theatres Trust (Scotland)

1978–79

  • Confirmation to Small Estates (Scotland)
  • Criminal Evidence [Lords]
  • Films

1979–80

  • Betting, Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) [Lords]
  • Gaming (Amendment) [Lords]
  • Import of Live Fish (England and Wales)
  • Licensing (Amendment) (No. 2)
  • Representation of the People

1980–81

  • Countryside (Scotland)
  • Disused Burial Grounds (Amendment) [Lords]
  • Food and Drugs (Amendment)
  • Forgery and Counterfeiting [Lords]
  • Licensing (Amendment) [Lords]
  • Matrimonial Homes and Property [Lords]

1981–82

1982–83

  • British Nationality (Falkland Islands) [Lords]
  • Coroners' Juries
  • National Audit
  • Pet Animals Act 1951 (Amendment) [Lords]

1983–84

  • Education (Amendment) (Scotland) [Lords]
  • Law Reform (Husband and Wife) (Scotland)
  • Lotteries (Amendment) [Lords]

1984–85

  • Agricultural Training Board
  • Betting, Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) [Lords]
  • Charities [Lords]
  • Dangerous Vessels [Lords]
  • Hill Farming
  • Licensing (Amendment) [Lords]
  • Prohibition of Female Circumcision
  • Wildlife and Countryside (Service of Notices)

1985–86

  • Forestry
  • Gaming (Amendment)
  • Health Service Joint Consultative Committees (Access to Information)
  • Highways (Amendment)
  • Incest and Related Offences (Scotland) [Lords]
  • Law Reform (Parent and Child) (Scotland)
  • Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) [Lords]
  • Marriage (Wales)
  • Prevention of Oil Pollution [Lords]
  • Protection of Children (Tobacco)

1986–87

  • Animals (Scotland) [Lords]
  • Billiards (Abolition of Restrictions) [Lords]
  • Deer
  • Gaming (Amendment) [Lords]
  • Licensing (Restaurant Meals) [Lords]
  • Prescription (Scotland)
  • Protection of Animals (Penalties)
  • Register of Sasines (Scotland)
  • Registered Establishments (Scotland)

1987–88 to date

Land Registration [Lords]

B. Private Members' Bills introduced under the Ten Minute Rule receiving Royal Assent

1958–59

  • Eisteddfod
  • Housing (Underground Rooms)
  • Obscene Publications
  • Police Federation
  • Restriction of Offensive Weapons

1959–60

  • Adoption
  • Oil Burners (Standards)

1960–61

1961–62

Penalties for Drunkenness

1962–63

None

1963–64

  • Law of Property (Joint Tenants)
  • Local Government (Development and Finance) (Scotland)
  • New Towns (No. 2)
  • Young Persons (Employment)

1964–65

Shops (Early Closing Days)

1965–66

None

1966–67

  • Farm and Garden Chemicals
  • Private Places of Entertainment (Licensing)
  • Sexual Offences (No. 2)
  • Vessels Protection

1967–68

  • Design Copyright
  • Hearing Aid Council
  • Highlands and Islands Development (Scotland)

1968–69

  • Architects Registration (Amendment)
  • Licensing (Scotland)
  • National Mod (Scotland)
  • Tattooing of Minors

1969–70

Trees

1970–71 and 1971–72 None

1972–73

  • Breeding of Dogs
  • London Cab Reform

1973–74 to 1979–80 None

1980–81

Transport Act 1962 (Amended)

1981–82

None

1982–83

Solvent Abuse (Scotland)

1983–84

None

1984–85

  • Rent (Amendment)
  • Town and Country Planning (Amendment)

1985–86

None

1986–87

None

1987–88 to date

None

C. Ballot Bills receiving Royal Assent

1958–59

  • Criminal Justice Administration (Amendment)
  • Family Allowances and National Insurance
  • Fatal Accidents
  • Intestate Husbands' Estate (Scotland)
  • Landlord and Tenant (Furniture and Fittings)
  • Legitimacy

1959–60

  • Abandonment of Animals
  • Clean Rivers (Estuaries and Tidal Waters)
  • Corporate Bodies Contracts
  • First Offenders (Scotland)
  • Noise Abatement
  • Offices
  • Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings)
  • Road Traffic (Amendment)
  • Road Traffic (Driving of Motor Cycles)
  • Wages Arrestment Limitation (Amendment) (Scotland)

1960–61

  • Carriage by Air
    • 718
  • Consumer Protection
  • Highways (Miscellaneous Provisions)
  • Home Safety
  • Industrial and Provident Societies
  • Mock Auctions
  • Police Federation
  • Printer's Imprint
  • Rivers (Prevention of Pollution)
  • Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage

1961–62

  • Agriculture and Forestry Associations
  • Air Guns and Shot Guns etc
  • Carriage by Air (Supplementary Provisions)
  • Coal Consumers' Councils (Northern Irish Interests)
  • Landlord and Tenant
  • Local Authorities (Historic Buildings)
  • Local Government (Records)
  • Lotteries and Gaming
  • National Assistance Act 1948 (Amendment)
  • Police Federations
  • Shops (Airports)

1962–63

  • Animal Boarding Establishments
  • Corn Rents
  • Deer
  • 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
  • Sheriff Courts (Civil Jurisdiction and Procedure) (Scotland)
  • Wills

1963–64

  • Adoption
  • Betting, Gaming and Lotteries (Amusements with Prizes)
  • Criminal Procedure (Right of Reply)
  • Local Government (Pecuniary Interests)
  • Merchant Shipping
  • Nurses
  • Protection of Birds Act 1954 (Amendment)
  • Riding Establishments
  • Scrap Metal Dealers
  • Trade Union (Amalgamations etc)
  • Trading Stamps
  • Universities and College Estates

1964–65

  • Administration of Estates (Small Payments)
  • Carriage of Goods by Road
  • Highways (Amendment)
  • Public Health (Notification of Births)

1965–66

None

1966–67

  • Abortion
  • Antarctic Treaty
  • Civic Amenities
  • Industrial and Provident Societies
  • Licensing (Amendment)
  • Licensing (Certificates in Suspense) (Scotland)
  • National Health Service (Family Planning)
  • National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) (Amendment)
  • Road Traffic (Amendment)
  • Road Traffic (Driving Instruction)
  • Teachers of Nursing
  • Tokyo Convention

1967–68

  • Adoption
  • Caravan Sites
  • Clean Air
  • Domestic and Appellate Proceedings (Restriction of 719 Publicity)
  • Friendly and Industrial and Provident Societies
  • Local Authorities' Mutual Investment Trust
  • Maintenance Orders
  • Theatres

1968–69

  • Auctions (Bidding Agreements)
  • Divorce Reform
  • Employers' Liability (Defective Equipment)
  • Ponies

1969–70

  • Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons
  • Conservation of Seals
  • Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions)
  • Local Government (Footpaths and Open Spaces) (Scotland)
  • Parish Councils and Burial Authorities (Miscellaneous Authorities)

1970–71

  • Administration of Estates
  • Betting, Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment)
  • Consumer Protection
  • Dangerous Litter
  • Interest on Damages (Scotland)
  • Law Reform Miscellaneous Provisions
  • Motor Vehicles (Passenger Insurance)
  • Nullity of Marriage
  • Unsolicited Goods and Services

1971–72

  • Carriage by Railway
  • Defective Premises
  • Matrimonial Proceedings (Polygamous Marriages)
  • National Insurance (Amendment)
  • Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries
  • Trade Descriptions
  • Trading Representations (Disabled Persons) (Amendment)

1972–73

  • Domicile and Matrimonial Proceedings
  • Employment Agencies
  • Employment of Children
  • Hallmarking
  • Heavy Commercial Vehicles (Control and Regulations)
  • Law Reform (Diligence) (Scotland)
  • Protection of Wrecks

1973–74

None

1974

  • Carriage of Passengers by Road
  • Education (Mentally Handicapped Children) (Scotland)
  • Rehabilitation of Offenders
  • Town and Country Amenities

1974–75

  • Conservation of Wild Creatures and Wild Plants
  • Evidence (Proceedings in Other Jurisdictions)
  • Farriers (Registration)
  • 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
  • Representation of the People (Armed Forces)
    • 720
  • Sexual Offences (Amendment)
  • Stock Exchange (Completion of Bargains)
  • Theatres Trust

1976–77

  • Control of Food Premises (Scotland)
  • Housing (Homeless Persons)
  • Insurance Brokers (Registration)
  • Minibus
  • Rentcharges
  • Town and Country Planning (Amendment)

1977–78

  • Civil Liability (Contribution)
  • Consumer Safety
  • Internationally Protected Persons
  • Local Government
  • Protection of Children
  • Rating (Disabled Persons)

1978–79

None

1979–80

  • Concessionary Travel for Handicapped Persons (Scotland)
  • Coroners
  • Deer
  • Licensed Premises (Exclusion of Certain Persons)
  • Married Women's Policies of Assurance (Scotland) (Amendment)

1980–81

  • Disabled Persons (No. 2)
  • Horserace Betting Levy
  • Indecent Displays (Control)
  • Industrial Diseases (Notification)
  • Licensing (Alcohol Education and Research)
  • Local Government and Planning (Amendment)
  • Zoo Licensing (No. 2)

1981–82

  • Children's Homes
  • Cinematograph (Amendment)
  • Food and Drugs (Amendment)
  • Forfeiture
  • Gaming (Amendment)
  • Planning Inquiries (Attendance of Public)
  • Supply of Goods and Services

1982–83

  • Copyright (Amendment)
  • Diseases of Fish
  • Level Crossings
  • Licensing (Occasional Permissions)
  • Road Traffic (Driving Licences)

1983–84

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

1984–85

  • Charter Trustees
  • Controlled Drug (Penalties)
  • Copyright (Computer Software) (Amendment)
  • Gaming (Bingo)
  • Hospitals Complaints Procedure
  • Intoxicating Substances (Supply)
  • Local Government (Access to Information)
  • Motor-Cycle Crash Helmets (Restriction of Liability)
  • Road Traffic (Production of Documents)
  • Sexual Offences
  • Wildlife and Countryside (Amendment)

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)
  • Horticultural Produce
  • Industrial Training
  • Protection of Military Remains
  • Road Traffic Regulation (Parking)
  • Safety at Sea

1986–87

  • Access to Personal Files
  • Agricultural Training Board
  • AIDS Control
  • Crossbows
  • Crown Proceedings (Armed Forces)
  • Motorcycle Noise

1987–88 to date

None

Mr. Amess

To ask the Lord President of the Council if he will list those Bills which completed all stages in one sitting for each session since 1958, together with the dates of the sitting.

Mr. Wakeham

The information is as follows:

Presentation, First Reading to Third Reading Session 1971–72

Session 1973–74

Session 1978–79

Session 1979–80

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