Foodlaw-Reading Dr David Jukes, The University of Reading, UK Providng access to food law since May 1996
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UK Food Related Bills

Bills are often introduced into Parliament as a means of generating discussion on policy. Unless supported by the Government, most Bills fail to become legal documents. This page lists a few examples of these Bills.

House of Commons / Lords bills - Session 2022-23

• 156 - Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill - A BILL TO Revoke certain retained EU law; to make provision relating to the interpretation of retained EU law and to its relationship with other law; to make provision relating to powers to modify retained EU law; to enable the restatement, replacement or updating of certain retained EU law; to enable the updating of restatements and replacement provision; to abolish the business impact target; and for connected purposes.

• 11 - Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill - A Bill to make provision about the release and marketing of, and risk assessments relating to, precision bred plants and animals, and the marketing of food and feed produced from such plants and animals; and for connected purposes. See: Link to Parliament website [See also related news item on this site: 25 May 2022]

House of Commons / Lords bills - Session 2021-22

• 140 - Health and Care Bill - A Bill to make provision about health and social care. See: Link to Parliament website [See also related news item on this site: 19 July 2021]

House of Commons / Lords bills - Session 2016-17

• 70 - Sugar in Food and Drinks (Targets, Labelling and Advertising) Bill. - A Bill to require the Secretary of State to set targets for sugar content in food and drinks; to provide that sugar content on food and drink labelling be represented in terms of the number of teaspoonfuls of sugar; to provide for standards of information provision in advertising of food and drinks. Private member's bill published on 2 November 2016. See: Link to Parliament website

• 95 - Feeding Products for Babies and Children (Advertising and Promotion) Bill 2016-17 - A Bill to control the advertising and promotion of feeding products for babies and children; to establish arrangements to set standards for the efficacy of products and to measure claims against those standards; to make provision about penalties for advertisers and promoters who do not meet the standards; and for connected purposes. See: Link to Parliament website

• [HL] 139 - Bread and Flour Regulations (Folic Acid) Bill - A Bill to amend the Bread and Flour Regulations 1998 to require flour to be fortified with folic acid. See: Link to Parliament website

House of Commons bills - Session 2015-16

• 82 - Sugar in Food and Drinks (Targets, Labelling and Advertising) Bill. A Bill to require the Secretary of State to set targets for sugar content in food and drinks; to provide that sugar content on food and drink labelling be represented in terms of the number of teaspoonfuls of sugar; to provide for standards of information provision in advertising of food and drinks; and for connected purposes. See: Link to Parliament website

• 67 - Food Waste (Reduction) Bill - A Bill to require the Secretary of State to make provision for a scheme to establish incentives to implement and encourage observance of the food waste reduction hierarchy; to encourage individuals, businesses and public bodies to reduce the amount of food they waste; to require large supermarkets, manufacturers and distributors to reduce their food waste by no less than 30 per cent by 2025 and to enter into formal agreements with food redistribution organisations; to require large supermarkets and food manufacturers to disclose levels of food waste in their supply chain; and for connected purposes. See: Link to Parliament website

House of Commons bills - Session 2014-15

• 76 - Sugar in Food and Drinks (Targets, Labelling and Advertising) Bill - A Bill to require the Secretary of State to set targets for sugar content in food and drinks; to provide that sugar content on food and drink labelling be represented in terms of the number of teaspoonfuls of sugar; to provide for standards of information provision in advertising of food and drinks; and for connected purposes. See: Link to Parliament website

House of Commons bills - Session 2013-14

• 210 - Food Labelling (Sugar Content) Bill [Bill was not formally published] See: Link to Parliament website