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2024 King's Speech: progress of legislation

The 2024 King's Speech was delivered at the State Opening of Parliament on 17 July 2024. It announced the government's legislative programme for the first session of the 2024 Parliament. The full text of the King's Speech is available on gov.uk, along with background notes.

On 18 July 2024, Leader of the House of Commons, Lucy Powell MP, issued a written statement in which she listed the bills that were announced in the King's Speech.

The table below repeats Lucy Powell's list of bills. It reports when each bill was introduced to Parliament, and whether the bill was introduced to the House of Commons or the House of Lords. The hyperlinked bill titles take you to the bill page (on the UK Parliament website) that reports the progress each bill has made through Parliament. From the hyperlinked page, you can access the text of the bill, records of debates and records of amendments (tabled and made).

Blank cells in the table indicate that a bill has not yet been introduced and/or enacted (received Royal Assent).

* A carry-over motion, allowing the Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill to continue to be considered in the next session was agreed on 6 January 2026.

** A carry-over motion, allowing the Railways Bill 2024-26 to continue to be considered in the next session was agreed on 9 December 2025.

# A carry-over motion, allowing the High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill to continue to be considered in any subsequent session in this Parliament was agreed on 2 February 2026.

## A carry-over motion, allowing the Public Office (Accountability) Bill 2024-26 to continue to be considered in the next session was agreed on 27 April 2026.

Note: the hybrid bills, the High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill and the Holocaust Memorial Bill, were first introduced in previous parliamentary sessions. Full details of both bills' passages through Parliament, to date, are available via the links above.

Summary of the session

The King's Speech on 17 July 2024 announced 35 bills, including two hybrid bills. Of these 35 bills, 30 received Royal Assent, four were carried over to the next session and one was not introduced (the National Wealth Fund Bill).

During the session, the government introduced a total of 63 bills, including the two hybrid bills. Of these 54 received Royal Assent. One bill fell (did not complete its passage  through the two Houses), the remaining eight bills (including one of the hybrid bills) were carried over to the next session.

Further information

The weekly update to the Progress of Public Bills this session includes the dates of all stages of public bills laid before Parliament this session.

The table above does not include some bills that have been considered by Parliament because some legislation is not announced in the King's Speech. A full list of government bills (excluding hybrid bills) introduced to Parliament in the 2024-26 session can be found when you choose "Government Bill" under "Bill type" on the Find a Bill webpage on the parliament.uk website. 

The King’s Speech sets out the government’s legislative agenda for the forthcoming session. The Library research briefing, What is the King’s Speech, looks at the historical development of the speech from the throne and its contemporary significance.