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Sustainable aviation fuel

The bill has been signed off by the King and is now law.

Official title: Sustainable Aviation Fuel Act 2026

  1. 1Introduced1st reading
  2. 2Main debate2nd reading
  3. 3Detailed checksCommittee
  4. 4ChangesReport stage
  5. 5Final vote3rd reading
  6. 6Other houseLords or Commons
  7. 7Becomes lawRoyal Assent

Nothing more. This bill is now law.

Put forward by Heidi Alexander, Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill.

Votes so far

DateVoteCountResult
15 Oct 2025Sustainable aviation fuel: a proposed change151 for, 319 againstRejected
15 Oct 2025Sustainable aviation fuel: a proposed change78 for, 316 againstRejected

Votes in the Lords

DateVoteCountResult
10 Feb 2026Lords vote 2186 content, 251 not contentRejected
10 Feb 2026Lords vote 1188 content, 258 not contentRejected
Full timeline
DateStageHouse
14 May 20251st readingCommons
11 Jun 20252nd readingCommons
11 Jun 2025Programme motionCommons
11 Jun 2025Money resolutionCommons
11 Jun 2025Ways and Means resolutionCommons
15 Jul 2025, 17 Jul 2025Committee stageCommons
15 Oct 2025Report stageCommons
15 Oct 20253rd readingCommons
20 Oct 20251st readingLords
20 Nov 20252nd readingLords
10 Dec 2025Committee stageLords
10 Feb 2026Report stageLords
24 Feb 20263rd readingLords
3 Mar 2026Programme motionCommons
3 Mar 2026Consideration of Lords amendmentsCommons
5 Mar 2026Royal AssentUnassigned

In the bill’s own words: A Bill to Make provision about sustainable aviation fuel.

Official page on Parliament’s site

Source: Parliament Bills API · Commons votes from the Commons Votes API.