Queen's consent (2021)
Request
Please advise how many Acts and which Acts have required the Queen and Princes Consent in the last 5 years.
Response
This information is held by the House of Commons. In the past five years, 23 Acts have required Queen’s Consent, and three of these have also required Prince of Wales’s Consent.
The Acts which solely required Queen’s Consent are as follows:
• Agriculture Act 2020
• European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020
• European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020
• Fire Safety Act 2021
• Fisheries Act 2020
• Pension Schemes Act 2021
• Trade Act 2021
• European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
• Ivory Act 2018
• Kew Gardens (Leases) Act 2019
• National Insurance Contributions (Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonials) Act 2019
• Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Act 2018
• Nuclear Safeguards Act 2018
• Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018
• Parking (Code of Conduct) Act 2019
• Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Act 2019
• Tenant Fees Act 2019
• Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Act 2017
• Higher Education and Research Act 2017
• Policing and Crime Act 2017
The Acts which required both Queen’s Consent and Prince of Wales’s Consent are:
• Coronavirus Act 2020
• Data Protection Act 2018
• Digital Economy Act 2017