Download or read book The governance of Britain - the Government's draft legislative programme written by Great Britain: Office of the Leader of the House of Commons and published by Stationery Office. This book was released on 2007-07-11 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Command Paper is the first annual statement setting out a draft legislative programme to be laid before the next Parliament, and which was previously only announced in the Queen's Speech, at the State opening of Parliament. Following on from Cm.7170 (ISBN 9780101717021), a Green Paper listing Government proposals for constitutional reform, both documents represent the aim of Government to promote greater accountability of the government to parliament, parliament to the people, and a strong Cabinet government. It provides advance notification to Parliament and the general public of legislation the Government plans to bring before Parliament. The legislation set out in the document contains proposals for 23 Bills, and that the final programmne will not be exactly the same as the one published here. The document is divided into five chapters: Chapter 1: Why is the Government publishing a draft legislative programme?; Chapter 2: The draft programme; Chapter 3: Draft Bills; Chapter 4: Engagement with the programme; Chapter 5: Summary of the bills in the draft programme - Children in Care Bill; Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill; Climate Change Bill; Constitutional Reform Bill; Coroners Bill; Counter Terrorism Bill; Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill; Crossrail Bill; Education and Skills Bill; Employment Simplification Bill; Energy Bill; European Communities (Finance) Bill; Health and Social Care Bill; Housing and Regeneration Bill; Human Tissues and Embryos Bill; Local Transport Bill; National Insurance Contributions Bill; Pensions Bill; Planning Reform Bill; Planning Gain Supplement Bill; Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill; Sale of Student Loans Bill; Unclaimed Assets Bill.