Key Facts

• Bills presented include those on environmental concerns reduction, decarbonisation audit, climate change act review, general population anxiety, housing licensing extension, caravan site planning permission removal, mobile homes regulation amendment, public sector exit payments limitation, student loan interest rate limit, council tax setting flexibility, clinical commissioning group accountability, Human Rights Act claims testing, BBC and Channel 4 privatisation, non-payment decriminalisation of BBC licence fee, annual tax yield review publication, NHS co-funding extension, and VAT exemption threshold increase.
• Each Bill has a specified date for its Second Reading: Friday 29 January 2021, Friday 16 October, or Friday 13 March depending on the topic.
• Sir Christopher Chope is the primary sponsor of most Bills, with support from Mr Peter Bone and Philip Davies.
• Sir Christopher Chope presented multiple Bills.
• The Bills cover topics such as reducing burdens for businesses, enforcing illegal immigration penalties, amending education policy, protecting bat habitats, registering green belt land, cost-benefit analysis before government payments, restricting local authority investments and borrowing, limiting public services for non-citizens, regulating working time, and maintaining roads.
• Each Bill is scheduled to be read a Second time on specified dates: 29 January 2021 (Bills 47 and 51), 24 April (Bills 48, 49, and 50), 16 October (Bill 53), 13 March (Bills 54 and 55), 12 June (Bills 56 to 61).
• Sir Christopher Chope presented Bills to regulate electronic cigarettes (Bill 62), amend Mobile Home Acts (Bill 63), criminalise unauthorised sub-letting (Bill 64), forgive student loan debt (Bill 65), reduce stamp duty on residential property (Bill 66), restrict speed limits in built-up areas (Bill 67), repeal judicial age limits for retirement (Bill 68), reduce VAT on energy bills (Bill 69), and enable private prosecutions in fraud cases (Bill 70).
• Mr Peter Bone presented Bills to amend constituency sizes (Bill 71), prohibit multiple voting addresses (Bill 72), exempt NHS Hospitals from car parking charges (Bill 73), establish debates during elections (Bill 74), provide for Prime Minister incapacitation (Bill 75), impose accountability duties on the Prime Minister (Bill 76), and create an independent body to monitor BBC impartiality (Bill 77).
• Bills were set to be read a Second time on various dates ranging from Friday 10 July to Friday 11 September.
• Bill 78 requires banks to provide current accounts for homeless people seeking work.
• Bill 79 allows individuals aged 18 or older to stand as election candidates.
• Bill 80 mandates children under 16 to wear safety helmets while cycling on public highways.
• Bill 81 provides secure safe houses for child trafficking victims.
• Bill 82 imposes duties relating to the completion of the Isham Bypass infrastructure project.
• Bill 83 restructures urgent care facilities in North Northamptonshire.
• Bill 84 requires local authorities to operate a committee system internally.
• Bill 85 places a duty on the Secretary of State to prevent evictions of Universal Credit claimants in rent arrears.
• Bill 86 amends the Welfare Reform Act 2012 to prohibit sanctions for refusing zero hours contracts.
• Bill 87 establishes procedures and court challenges for asylum seeker accommodation evictions.