Legislation

Statute Law Database

www.statutelaw.gov.uk

At last, on line, free of charge, the official revised version of the statute book for the UK in electronic form, derived from Statutes in Force. When complete, can use this to check for current version of all UK and devolved legislation and track changes over time.

Scottish legislation

www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/s-acts.htm

Full access to all Acts and Statutory Instruments of the Scottish Parliament at the OPSI website.

Bills before the Scottish Parliament

www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/bills/billsInProgress/

Lists all current Bills before the Scottish Parliament with links to the text, explanatory notes and policy memoranda. For more detailed information of the progress of a Bill, see WHISP, the business bulletin and the reports of the Committees and the Parliament on that site.

UK legislation

www.opsi.gov.uk/acts.htm

Full access to all UK Acts made since 1988 and all UK SIs made since 1987 at the OPSI website. For updated statutes and pre-1988 legislation, see statute law database above.

Bills before the UK Parliament

www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/pabills.htm

Basic page on the UK Parliament site listing all current public Bills, with links to the text, sometimes to amendments and to explanatory notes.

Hansard

www.parliament.uk/hansard/hansard.cfm

Access to the most recent issues of Hansard and access to earlier editions.

Welsh, Northern Irish and Irish legislation

www.bailii.org/databases.html#ew

Links to legislation for each of these areas are available here on the Bailii site.

ePolitix

www.epolitix.com/EN/Legislation

Useful site providing brief commentary on UK legislation, details as to Parliamentary progress and links to debates in Hansard.