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Utilities and Services Bill
Utilities and Services Bill has completed 1st reading on 9 Sep 2026 in the House of Commons. Parliament currently lists 2nd reading as its current stage.
Current position
- Latest completed stage
- 1st reading9 Sep 2026
- Current stage
- 2nd reading
- House
- House of Commons
- Bill type
- Private Members' Bill (Presentation Bill)
- Last updated
- 10 Sep 2026
- Proposer / sponsor
- John McDonnell Proposer / sponsor · Labour · House of Commons
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The Utilities and Services Bill would seek to make provision for certain services and utilities to be publicly owned and delivered by public or not-for-profit enterprises. It would also establish a body called the Office for Public Value and give it functions. The available material does not explain which services or utilities would be covered, how ownership or delivery would change, or what powers the proposed office would have. More detailed documents would be needed to describe the bill’s practical effects with confidence.
What it would do
- Would seek to provide for public ownership of certain services and utilities.
- Would seek to provide for delivery by public or not-for-profit enterprises.
- Would establish a body called the Office for Public Value.
- Would give functions to that proposed body.
- The available material does not specify which services or utilities would be covered.
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1st reading 9 Sep 2026 · House of Commons
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