· Parliament be elected every two years and sit for a minimum of 120 days and a maximum of 240 days.
· Rotten boroughs be removed and seats reallocated to counties in proportion to their tax contributions.
· The Army and Navy be controlled by Parliament for the next ten years. A Council of State is to be set up to manage all the other militias and trained bands.
· Nobody who has been hostile to Parliament can hold public office for five years or be a member of the next two biennial parliaments.
· The Offices of State are to be appointed by Parliament for ten years, after which, if a vacancy needs filling, Parliament will propose 3 candidates of which the King will select one.
· Any peers made since May 21st 1642 are to have no power unless Parliament agrees.
· All declarations and proceedings against Parliament be declared void.
· An Act be passed to declare void the cessation of Ireland and Parliament is to control the continuing war.
· All power be stripped from Bishops.
· The Book of Common Prayer be allowed but not imposed, and no penalties made for not going to church, or attending other acts of worship.
· The taking of the Covenant not be imposed on anyone and no penalties made for refusing.
· Not more than 5 Royalists supporters be excepted from pardon. Others were to have their estates confiscated in accordance with their involvement, but only if their worth was over £200.
There also followed a list of grievances that had to be addressed quickly such as removal of monopolies and trade restrictions, tithes, equality of taxes, estates made liable to people's debts.
