2024 King's Speech: progress of legislation

The 2024 King's Speech was delivered at the State Opening of Parliament on 17 July 2024. It announced the government's legislative programme for the first session of the 2024 Parliament. The full text of the King's Speech is available on gov.uk, along with background notes.

On 18 July 2024, Leader of the House of Commons, Lucy Powell MP, issued a written statement in which she listed the bills that were announced in the King's Speech.

The table below repeats Lucy Powell's list of bills. It reports when each bill was introduced to Parliament, and whether the bill was introduced to the House of Commons or the House of Lords. The hyperlinked bill titles take you to the bill page (on the UK Parliament website) that reports the progress each bill has made through Parliament. From the hyperlinked page, you can access the text of the bill, records of debates and records of amendments (tabled and made).

Blank cells in the table indicate that a bill has not yet been introduced and/or enacted (received Royal Assent).

Kings Speech announcement Date introduced Name of bill introduced House introduced to Royal Assent date Act name Arbitration Bill 18 Jul 24 Arbitration Bill Lords 24 Feb 25 Arbitration Act 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill 6 Nov 24 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill Commons 3 Sep 25 Armed Forces Commissioner Act 2025 Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill 18 Jul 24 Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill Lords 15 May 25 Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Act 2025 Better Buses Bill 17 Dec 24 Bus Services (No 2) Bill Lords 27 Oct 25 Bus Services Act 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill 30 Jan 25 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Commons 2 Dec 25 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 Budget Responsibility Bill 18 Jul 24 Budget Responsibility Bill Commons 10 Sep 24 Budget Responsibility Act 2024 Children's Wellbeing Bill 17 Dec 24 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Commons 29 Apr 26 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill 18 Jul 24 Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill Lords 16 Jan 25 Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Act 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 25 Feb 25 Crime and Policing Bill Commons 29 Apr 26 Crime and Policing Act 2026 Cyber Security and Resilience Bill 12 Nov 25 Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Commons * Digital Information and Smart Data Bill 23 Oct 24 Data (Use and Access) Bill Lords 19 Jun 25 Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 Employment Rights Bill 10 Oct 24 Employment Rights Bill Commons 18 Dec 25 Employment Rights Act 2025 English Devolution Bill 10 Jul 25 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Commons 29 Apr 26 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 Football Governance Bill 24 Oct 24 Football Governance Bill Lords 21 Jul 25 Football Governance Act 2025 Great British Energy Bill 25 Jul 24 Great British Energy Bill Commons 15 May 25 Great British Energy Act 2025 High Speed Rail (Crewe to Manchester) Bill [hybrid] 25 Jul 24 High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill Commons # Hillsborough Law 16 Sep 25 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Commons ## Holocaust Memorial Bill [hybrid] 18 Jul 24 Holocaust Memorial Bill Commons 22 Jan 26 Holocaust Memorial Act 2026 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill 5 Sept 24 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Commons 18 Mar 26 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026 Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 (Extension) Bill 30 Jul 24 Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 (Extension) Bill Lords 16 Jan 25 Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 (Extension) Act 2025 Mental Health Bill 6 Nov 24 Mental Health Bill Lords 18 Dec 25 Mental Health Act 2025 National Wealth Fund Bill Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill 18 Jul 24 Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill Commons 28 Nov 24 Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Act 2024 Pension Schemes Bill 5 Jun 25 Pension Schemes Bill Commons 29 Apr 26 Pension Schemes Act 2026 Planning and Infrastructure Bill 11 Mar 25 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Commons 18 Dec 25 Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 Product Safety and Metrology Bill 4 Sep 24 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill Lords 21 Jul 25 Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025 Rail Reform Bill 5 Nov 25 Railways Bill Commons ** Renters Reform Bill 11 Sep 24 Renters' Rights Bill Commons 27 Oct 25 Renters' Rights Act 2025 Skills England Bill 9 Oct 24 Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill Lords 15 May 25 Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Act 2025 Sustainable Aviation Fuel (Revenue Support Mechanism) Bill 14 May 25 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill Commons 5 Mar 26 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Act 2026 Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill 12 Sep 24 Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill Commons 3 Apr 25 Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 The Crown Estate Bill 25 Jul 24 Crown Estate Bill Lords 11 Mar 25 Crown Estate Act 2025 Tobacco and Vapes Bill 5 Nov 24 Tobacco and Vapes Bill Commons 29 Apr 26 Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 Victims, Courts and Public Protection Bill 7 May 25 Victims and Courts Bill Commons 29 Apr 26 Victims and Courts Act 2026 Water (Special Measures) Bill 4 Sep 24 Water (Special Measures) Bill Lords 24 Feb 25 Water (Special Measures) Act 2025

* A carry-over motion, allowing the Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill to continue to be considered in the next session was agreed on 6 January 2026.

** A carry-over motion, allowing the Railways Bill 2024-26 to continue to be considered in the next session was agreed on 9 December 2025.

# A carry-over motion, allowing the High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill to continue to be considered in any subsequent session in this Parliament was agreed on 2 February 2026.

## A carry-over motion, allowing the Public Office (Accountability) Bill 2024-26 to continue to be considered in the next session was agreed on 27 April 2026.

Note: the hybrid bills, the High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill and the Holocaust Memorial Bill, were first introduced in previous parliamentary sessions. Full details of both bills' passages through Parliament, to date, are available via the links above.

Summary of the session

The King's Speech on 17 July 2024 announced 35 bills, including two hybrid bills. Of these 35 bills, 30 received Royal Assent, four were carried over to the next session and one was not introduced (the National Wealth Fund Bill).

During the session, the government introduced a total of 63 bills, including the two hybrid bills. Of these 54 received Royal Assent. One bill fell (did not complete its passage through the two Houses), the remaining eight bills (including one of the hybrid bills) were carried over to the next session.

Further information

The weekly update to the Progress of Public Bills this session includes the dates of all stages of public bills laid before Parliament this session.

The table above does not include some bills that have been considered by Parliament because some legislation is not announced in the King's Speech. A full list of government bills (excluding hybrid bills) introduced to Parliament in the 2024-25 session can be found when you choose "Government Bill" under "Bill type" on the Find a Bill webpage on the parliament.uk website.