Crown Estate (Wales) Bill [HL]: HL Bill 29 of 2024–25
This private member’s bill would transfer responsibility for the Crown Estate in Wales to the Welsh government.
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This House of Lords Library briefing provides an overview of the provisions in the Bill, and a summary of the Bill’s proceedings in the House of Commons.
Northern Ireland (Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan) Bill: Briefing for Lords Stages (427 KB , PDF)
Following the general election, the Conservative Government announced in the Queen’s Speech 2015 that it would take forward legislation to give effect to the Stormont House Agreement in Northern Ireland. On 17 November 2015, A Fresh Start: The Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan (“the Fresh Start Agreement”) was reached. This followed ten weeks of cross-party talks between the UK Government, the five largest parties of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and the Government of Ireland. The Agreement set out a number of objectives to secure the implementation of the December 2014 Stormont House Agreement and to deal with the impact of continued paramilitary activity connected with Northern Ireland. The Agreement, upon which this Bill is based, seeks to make progress towards fulfilling the agreed objectives.
In summary, the key provisions of the Bill seek to:
The Bill passed its stages in the House of Commons on 10 March 2016. It was amended only by a number of minor government amendments. This House of Lords Library briefing provides further overview of the provisions in the Bill, and a summary of the Bill’s proceedings in the House of Commons. The Government has requested that Parliament fast-track the progress of the Bill. The Bill received its first reading in the House of Lords on 10 March 2016; second reading of the Bill is currently scheduled to take place on 12 April 2016.
Northern Ireland (Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan) Bill: Briefing for Lords Stages (427 KB , PDF)
This private member’s bill would transfer responsibility for the Crown Estate in Wales to the Welsh government.
The government has recently changed the entry requirements for certain non-EU goods being imported into Great Britain to enable them to move onwards under the Northern Ireland retail movement scheme. The House of Lords is due to consider a motion to annul the regulations that made these changes. This comes in the context of wider debates about the impact of the Windsor Framework on Northern Ireland.
In recent years, concerns have been raised about declining populations of Atlantic salmon, with work taking place to address this issue. This briefing provides a summary of this policy area. It has been prepared ahead of Lord Forsyth of Drumlean’s (Conservative) 12 September 2024 debate on what steps the government is taking to protect Atlantic salmon populations.