PROGRESS ON BILLS DURING THE PERIOD
9 - 13 DECEMBER 1996

PUBLIC BILLS (other than Order Confirmation, etc Bills).

1. Bills introduced into the Commons
Date	Title of Bill	Type	HC Bill No	Member in Charge
10.12	Government of Wales	X	53	Dr John Marek
10.12	Licensing Reform	Y	52	Mr Paddy Tipping
10.12	Consolidated Fund	A	50	Mr Michael Jack
11.12	Horserace Totalisators Board [HL]	Z	57	Brought from the Lords
11.12	Theft (Amendment) [HL]	Z	58	Brought from the Lords
11.12	War Widows and Pensioners	X	56	Mr Simon Hughes
	(Equal Treatment)
11.12	Fire Safety	Y	55	Mr John Heppell
12.12	National Heritage [HL]	A	59	Brought from the Lords

NOTE: Some Bills are not printed for some time after presentation, though Government Bills are usually available shortly after presentation. The following is a record of Commons Bills received since the last Bulletin. Reprinting of Bills as amended are not noted.

Date	Title of Bill	Type	HC Bill No.	ISBN	Price £
11.12	Consolidated Fund	A	50	0103050773	0.65
11.12	Knives	W1	16	010301697X	2.10
11.12	Government of Wales	X	53	0103053972	6.40
12.12	Partial-Birth Abortion	Y	48	0103048979	0.65

2.	Bills receiving Second Reading
	9.12 Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning
	10.12 Consolidated Fund

3.	Bills in Committee
	a) Whole House
	10.12 Consolidated Fund
	b) Standing Committees - for details of progress see STANDING COMMITTEES
	SC A: Crime (Sentences)
	SC D: Education
	SC E: Social Security Administration (Fraud)
	1st Scot SC: Crime and Punishment (Scotland)
	c) Scottish Grand Committee - consideration in principle
	9.12 Scottish Legal Services Ombudsman and Commissioner for Local Administration in Scotland

4.	Bill reported from Committee
	10.12 Consolidated Fund
5.	Bill considered on Report
	10.12 Consolidated Fund
6.	Bill receiving Third Reading
	10.12 Consolidated Fund