Housing and Regeneration Bill will merge English Partnerships and the Housing Corporation into a new agency to increase social and affordable housing. Major part of job will be to bring public sector land into use for house-building. Tenants will be given new rights and responsibilities.
Children in Care Bill will give youngsters more say in decisions over their future. Will stop children in care moving schools during GCSE years unless there are “exceptional circumstances”. Will beef up supervision of children in care.
Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill will replace the Child Support Agency with Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission with greater powers over absent parents. It can confiscate passports and driving licences, dock money from wages, and “name and shame” defaulters.
Education and Skills Bill minimum age at which young people can leave full time education will be raised to 18.
The Health and Social Care Bill ministers want to create a single body, Ofcare, to regulate all health and social care services. Bill will also include the provision of a new one-off payment to expectant mothers to help with the birth of their baby.
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Unclaimed Assets Bill cash in bank accounts that have been inactive for 15 years will be used in communities.
Climate Change Bill a new body, the Committee on Climate Change, will police legally-binding, five-year “carbon budgets”.
Energy Bill will make way for a new generation of nuclear power stations. It will also allow for more incentives for renewable energy generation and carbon capture technology.
Constitutional Reform Bill this will provide a statutory footing for the Civil Service. The Bill will also seek to rebalance the relationship between Parliament and the Government in favour of the former.
Counter Terrorism Bill measures of the Bill are the subject of cross-party negotiation but could include making wire-tap evidence available to courts and extending the 28-day limit on holding terror suspects.
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Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill foreign suspected terrorists and serious criminals who cannot be deported will be given a new immigration status in this Bill which also creates powers to close crack dens and place restrictions on those convicted of violent crime.
Coroner Bill reforms to the Coroners’ Service to make it less traumatic for the bereaved and improve standards.
The Crossrail Bill will set the legal basis for the proposed east-west rail link through the capital.
Employment Simplification Bill complex laws on industrial disputes and minimum wage will be tidied up.
European Communities (Finance) Bill sets in force agreed changes to the UK’s contribution to EU budget.
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Human Tissue and Embryos Bill widens scope of permitted research. Gives same-sex couples with children conceived by donated eggs, sperm or embryos full parental rights.
Local Transport Bill ministers want councils to set up road-pricing schemes and shake-up bus services.
National Insurance Contributions Bill will raise the upper earning limit on NI as outlined by Mr Brown in his last Budget as Chancellor.
Pensions Bill will give all workers the right to a workplace pension and a duty on all employers to contribute to it though ‘personal account’ pensions.
Planning Reform Bill critics say that the rights of residents to resist major developments will be removed.
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Planning Gain Supplement Bill new tax on land whose value increases with planning permission to pay for local roads and other infrastructure.
Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill to slash red tape binding businesses and councils.
Sale of Student Loans Bill will realise £6 billion over next three years by selling its student debt to banks.