A Bill to make provision to restrict the entitlement of non-UK citizens from the European Union and the European Economic Area to taxpayer-funded benefits.
This Bill would restrict access to taxpayer-funded benefits for non-UK citizens from the European Union and the European Economic Area. In effect, it would limit or remove certain welfare entitlements for those people while they are in the UK. It is at an early stage of passage in the House of Commons.
The bill is at the 2nd Reading in the Commons, indicating early-stage progress and no move to committee or the Lords yet.
Generated 21 February 2026
This Bill is a Private Member’s Bill and was presented to Parliament on 7 July 2014. This is known as First Reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
The 2014-2015 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
