...AND AN AT-A-GLANCE GUIDE TO WHAT WAS IN IT

BREXIT

Great Repeal Bill: to convert Brussels law into domestic law.

Customs Bill: to include the flexibility to accommodate future trade agreements and allow the UK to set its own taxes on imported goods.

Trade Bill: to create laws allowing Britain to strike free trade deals with countries around the world.

Immigration Bill: to end the free movement of EU citizens into the UK, while allowing Britain to attract “the brightest and the best”.

Fisheries Bill: to enable the UK to control access to its waters and set its own fishing quotas.

Agriculture Bill: to provide stability to UK farmers who will lose EU farm subsidies after Brexit, while protecting the natural environment.

Nuclear Safeguards Bill: to set up Britain’s own nuclear safeguards to ensure it continues to meet its international obligations.

International Sanctions Bill: to enable the UK to impose sanctions on other nations, such as Russia. ECONOMY

Space Industry Bill: new powers to licence commerical space flights from the UK, including rockets, satellites and the building of space ports.

Automated And Electric Vehicles Bill: to ensure motorway services and petrol stations install electric charging points.

High Speed 2 Bill: to aid the building and operation of the next stage of the HS2 high-speed rail link between Birmingham and Crewe.

FAIRNESS

Courts Bill: to make courts in England and Wales more efficient and accessible. To end the crossexamination of domestic violence victims by their alleged attackers in court. Enabling those charged with less serious offences to avoid court by pleading guilty, accepting a conviction and paying a fine online.

Domestic Violence And Abuse Bill: to establish a Domestic Violence And Abuse Commissioner and to introduce new protection and sentencing powers.

Travel Protection Bill: to update the financial protection for holidays, such as the Air Travel Organisers’ Licence (ATOL) scheme.

National Insurance Bill: to make the system fairer and simpler by aligning employer and employee thresholds.

Mental Health Bill: to create a new Mental Health Act to ensure those suffering from mental illness are treated fairly and protected from discrimination.

Tenant Fees Bill: to ban landlords and estate agents from charging their tenants letting fees, to cap refundable security deposits at no more than one month’s rent.

Civil Liability Bill: to crack down on bogus whiplash claims and reduce motor insurance premiums by about £35 a year.

SAFETY

Armed Forces Bill: to enable service personnel to have more flexible ways of serving, including in a part-time capacity.

Data Protection Bill: to create a new law to give individuals more control over their data, including the “right to be forgotten” online.

Patient Safety Bill: to improve patient safety in the NHS.