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Immigration Bill

This bill is designed to make it easier to deport people who do not have the right to stay in the UK, and to prevent immigrants accessing services to which they are not entitled.

Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill

This bill will include measures to tackle anti-social behaviour, forced marriage, dangerous dogs and illegal firearms.

Pensions Bill

This will introduce a single-tier state-pension system, replacing the current basic state pension and earnings-related top-up.

Care Bill

This bill will introduce a cap on the cost of social care, and give carers the legal right to support from their local council.

Offender Rehabilitation Bill

Offenders who serve custodial sentences of less than a year will be put under supervision for 12 months after their release.

National Insurance Contributions Bill

This bill is designed to reduce the cost to small businesses of employing people.

Defence Reform Bill

This bill will increase the size of the reserve forces so they can play a greater role in the country's defence.

High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill

This bill will give parliamentary authorisation for the government to spend the money necessary to build the new rail link between London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds.

High Speed Two Hybrid Bill

This bill will give the government the legal power to compulsorily buy the land needed to construct the proposed high speed rail line linking Britain's biggest cities.

Intellectual Property Bill

This bill is designed to simplify patent and design protection laws. It will implement the Unified Patent Court, which will mean that a single patent application will be valid in almost all EU countries.

Local Audit and Accountability Bill

This bill will close down the Audit Commission and replace it with a new local audit framework. The government estimates this will save £1.2bn over ten years. It will allow local council taxpayers to veto rises in council tax caused by bodies such as waste disposal authorities and integrated transport authorities. The bill will also cut down on the amount of council-funded newspapers produced. It will apply to England and Wales.

Water Bill

This bill will change the way the water industry works. It will allow all business, charity and public-sector customers to switch their water supplier, in order to increase competition, and make it easier for new companies to enter the water market.

Mesothelioma Bill

This bill is designed to help people who suffer from Mesothelioma as a result of exposure to asbestos.

Northern Ireland Bill

This introduces technical changes to the way the politics and institutions in Northern Ireland operate. It will increase the transparency of political donations, and will prevent members of the Northern Ireland Assembly also being members of parliament in the House of Commons or the Dail, the lower house of the Irish Parliament.

Draft Consumer Rights Bill

This proposed bill would update consumer-protection laws so they cover digital purchases such as downloaded music and e-books.

Draft Wales Bill

This is a proposed bill to alter the way elections in Wales work. Candidates would be able to stand on both a regional list and in a constituency, but would no longer be able to sit as an MP in the House of Commons at the same time. It would also move the Welsh assembly on to sitting for fixed five-year terms, reducing the likelihood of assembly elections clashing with parliamentary elections. Although the bill would be specific to Wales, as a technical matter much of it would apply to the whole of the UK.

Draft Deregulation Bill

This draft bill lays out how the government intends to reduce the amount of regulation with which businesses, individuals and public bodies have to comply.

Energy Bill (carried over from previous session)

The government is going to continue with the legislation it started in the last Parliament to reform the energy sector.