The laws of the UK are the responsibility of Parliament and the Government through the normal legislative process, and all laws must be approved by the Monarch. Draft law takes the form of a Parliamentary Bill, which then goes through all the necessary stages before the Monarch signifies approval, and the Bill becomes an Act of Parliament.
If you are studying law, legislation may be a key part of your research. However, in other subject areas, your research might require you to look at a piece of legislation which has had an impact on a particular group, individual or field of study. For example: consumer rights in business, the impact of human rights legislation in the UK, or the role of environmental legislation in the EU.
This site is useful for details of Parliamentary Bills. Scroll down to A-Z index located in the bottom left of the screen. Then choose the letter B and locate the sections called "Bills before Parliament" and then Bills and Legislation before Parliament. You can also find the progress of Parliamentary Bills from the Sessional Information Digest.
Online archive of the sessional papers of the British House of Commons from 1715 to present, and the 19th Century House of Lords. It covers working documents of government for all areas of social, political, economic and foreign policy.
Early material includes the following:
• Harper Collection of Private Bills (1695-1814)
• Local and Personal Acts (1797-1834)
• Private Acts (1702-1727) and Private Bills (1727-1814)
• Private Acts (1815-18340
• Parliamentary Register (1774-1780,1796-1802,1802-1805)
• The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons (1660-1743)
• The History and Proceedings of the House of Lords (1660-1742)
• General Index to the Journals of the House of Lords (1660-1854)
• Journals of the House of Commons (1688-1834)
• Journals of the House of Lords (1688-1834)
• House of Commons Sessional Papers of the Eighteenth Century (1715-1800)
• House of Lords Sessional Papers (1714-1805)
• Reports from the Committees of the House of Commons (1715-1801)
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A legal database providing full-text access to case law, journal articles, legislation and commentary from a range of courts and jurisdictions, with unique access to Halsbury’s Laws of England and the All England Law Reports. Content includes coverage of the UK, Europe and the USA with additional international content covering the Commonwealth (Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Singapore and New Zealand).
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