Following the announcement of the General Election on 22 May, legislation going through Parliament entered a period known as 'wash up'. This involves the government and main opposition party attempting to finalise any legislative business before the dissolution of Parliament. Some bills will be dropped altogether if a way forward can't be found, whilst others pass, sometimes in a shortened form.
Sadly, the Criminal Justice Bill was one of the bills which could not be saved, but BRC is speaking to both Government and opposition about the need to legislate for a standalone offence for violence and abuse against retail workers.
See below for the full list:
Government Bills saved
- Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (confirmed - awaits Royal Assent)
- Finance (No.2) Bill
- Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill
- Media Bill
- Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill
- Victims and Prisoners Bill
Government Bills lost
- Arbitration Bill [HL]
- Criminal Justice Bill
- Data Protection and Digital Information Bill
- Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
- Football Governance Bill
- Litigation Funding Agreements (Enforceability) Bill [HL]
- Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill
- Renters (Reform) Bill
- Sentencing Bill
- Tobacco and Vapes Bill
Hybrid Bills carried into next Parliament
- High Speed Rail (Crewe – Manchester) Bill
- Holocaust Memorial Bill
Backbench Bills saved
- British Nationality (Irish Citizens) Bill
- Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) Bill
- Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill
- Paternity Leave (Bereavement) Bill
- Pet Abduction Bill
- Zoological Society of London (Leases) Bill