British in a bad way under rank future legislation? (7,4)
I believe the answer is:
private bill
'future legislation?' is the definition.
(a private bill might become legislation)
'british in a bad way under rank' is the wordplay.
'british' becomes 'b' (abbreviation e.g. in 'BBC').
'in a bad way' becomes 'ill' ('in a bad way' can mean seriously ill or injured).
'under' says to put letters next to each other.
'rank' becomes 'private' (I've seen this before).
'b'+'ill'='bill'
'bill' put after 'private' is 'PRIVATE BILL'.
(Other definitions for private bill that I've seen before include "something presented to Parliament" , "act not expected to affect the general" .)