Information and statistics relating to Private Bills, Private Business and Special Procedure Orders.

Number of Private Bills:

introduced into the House of Commons (including suspended and revived Bills)  11
brought from the House of Lords (including suspended and revived Bills)  6

Number of Bills:

confirming Provisional Orders introduced into the House of Commons  0
confirming Provisional Orders brought from the House of Lords  0
for the confirmation of Orders under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936
introduced into the House of Commons  2
for the confirmation of Orders under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 brought from the House of Lords  0

Number of Hybrid Bills:

introduced into the House of Commons (including suspended Bills)  0
brought from the House of Lords (including suspended Bills)  0

Number of Special Procedure Orders

laid  2
withdrawn  0
annulled  0
against which Petitions or copies of Petitions were deposited  1

	Private Bills	Provisional Order Bills	Hybrid Bills	Bills for the Confirmation of Orders under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936	Total
Number of Bills which received the Royal Assent	7	0	0	2	9
Number of Bills passed in the House of Commons but not in the House of Lords	0	0	0	0	0
Number of Bills rejected in the House of Commons	0	0	0	0	0
Number of Bills rejected in Committee in the House of Commons	0	0	0	0	0
Number of Bills withdrawn or not proceeded with by parties in the House of Commons	2	0	0	0	2
Number of Bills suspended in the House of Commons	2	0	0	0	2
Number of Bills not passed by the Standing Orders Committee	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	11	0	0	2	13
Number of Bills reported by Committees on Opposed Bills	0	0	0	0	0
Number of Bills reported by other Committees	0	0	0	0	0
Number of Bills reported by Committees on Unopposed Bills	4	0	0	0	4
TOTAL	4	0	0	0	4

1. Bills presented on or before 27th November 1997

Name of Bill	Bill read first time	Bill read second time	Bill committed	Committee to which Bill is referred	Bill reported	Bill, as amended, considered	Bill read third time	Royal Assent
Alliance & Leicester plc (Group Re-organisation) [Lords] (changed from Girobank plc (Transfer) [Lords])	19th June 1998	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Bodmin Moor Commons [Lords]*	19th June 1997	19th June 1997	19th June 1997	—	19th June 1997	—	—	—
City Of Westminster [Lords]	20th October 1998	5th November 1998	5th November 1998	.	.	.	.	.
Hailsham Cattle Market [Lords]*	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Imperial College	18th June 1997	18th June 1997	—	—	—	—	18th June 1997	15th July 1997
King's College London [Lords]	19th June 1997	19th June 1997	—	—	—	—	29th July 1997	31st July 1997
Lever Park*	18th June 1997	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Lloyds TSB [Lords]	19th January 1998	20th April 1998 at Seven o'clock	20th April 1998	Unopposed	14th May 1998	—	28th June 1998	31st July 1998
London Local Authorities [Lords]	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Southampton International Boat Show	18th June 1997	18th June 1997	—	—	—	—	18th June 1997	15th July 1997
Tamar Bridge	19th June 1997	19th June 1997	19th June 1997	Unopposed	4th Dec. 1997	15th January 1998	31st March 1998	28th July 1998

* Bill withdrawn

2. Bills presented after 27th November 1997

Name of Bill	Bill read first time	Bill read second time	Bill committed	Committee to which Bill is referred	Bill reported	Bill, as amended, considered	Bill read third time	Royal Assent
Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council [Lords]	4th June 1998	16th June 1998	16th June 1998	Unopposed	9th July 1998	—	14th July 1998	16th July 1998
Tyne Tunnels	22nd Jan. 1998	27th January 1998	27th January 1998	Unopposed	12th February 1998	—	25th Feb. 1998	8th April 1998

3. Bills for the Confirmation of Orders under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936

Title of Bill	Notice of Presentation	Bill considered	Bill read third time	Royal Assent
City of Edinburgh (Guided Busways) [Modified]	15th July 1998	21st July 1998	22nd July 1998	28th July 1998
Scottish Agricultural College	3rd December 1997	9th December 1997	10th December 1997	17th December 1997

1. The Members serving on the Committee on Unopposed Bills while it considered each Bill were as follows:

Lloyds TSB Bill [Lords] First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means Mr Nigel Beard Mr Peter Bottomley Mrs Helen Brinton Mr John Butterfill	Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council Bill [Lords] Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means Mr John Austin Mr Philip Hammond Mr Syd Rapson Mr Nick St Aubyn
Tamar Bridge Bill First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means Mr Peter Bottomley Mr Gerry Sutcliffe Mr Jon Trickett Mr Andrew Stunell	Tyne Tunnels Bill Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means Mr Brian Jenkins Mr Nick St Aubyn Mr Gerry Sutcliffe Mr Andrew Stunell

2. Total Attendances of Members of Unopposed Bill Committees

Names of Members	Total number of days on which each member attended a meeting of an Unopposed Bill Committee
The First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means (Mr Michael Martin)	2
The Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means (Mr Michael Lord)	2
Mr John Austin Mr Peter Bottomley Mr Nigel Beard Dr Peter Brand Mrs Helen Brinton Mr John Butterfill Mr Philip Hammond Mr Brian Jenkins Mr Andrew Mackinlay Mr John McDonnell   Mr David Marshall Mr Syd Rapson   Mr Nick St. Aubyn   Mr Andrew Stunell   Mr Gerry Sutcliffe   Mr Jon Trickett   Mr Robert Walter   Mrs Ann Winterton   Mrs Audrey Wise	1   2   1   0   1   1   1   1   0   0   0   1   2   0   2   1   0   0   0

Number of Bills proceeded with under section 7  2

City of Edinburgh (Guided Busways) [Modified]
Scottish Agricultural College

Number of Bills proceeded with under section 8  Nil

Number of Bills proceeded with under section 9  Nil

Number of Meetings: Nil

Names of Members	Total number of days on which each Member attended a meeting of the Court of Referees
The Chairman of Ways and Means (Sir Alan Haselhurst)	0
The First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means (Mr Michael Martin)	0
The Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means (Mr Michael Lord)	0
Mr Peter Atkinson Mr John Butterfill Mr Bill Etherington Mr Archy Kirkwood Mr Alan Meale Mr Ernie Ross Mr Dennis Turner Mr J S Mason [Speaker's Counsel]	0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

Clerk: Mr Proctor

Number of Meetings: Nil

Names of Members	Total number of days on which each Member attended a meeting of the Standing Orders Committee
The Chairman of Ways and Means (Sir Alan Haselhurst)	0
The First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means (Mr Michael Martin)	0
The Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means (Mr Michael Lord)	0
Mrs Llin Golding Mr Brian Jenkins Mr Bill O'Brien Mr Bill Olner Mr Ernie Ross Mr Roger Stott Mr Andrew Stunell Mr Nicholas Winterton	0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

Clerk: Ms L M Gardner

The Committee has the assistance of Speaker's Counsel.

Number of Special Procedure Orders:

laid  2
withdrawn  0
annulled  0
against which Petitions or copies of Petitions were deposited  1

considered by the Chairmen  1
certified by the Chairmen as proper to be received  1
certified by the Chairmen as being Petitions of General Objection  1
certified by the Chairmen as being Petitions for Amendment  0
referred to a Joint Committee of both Houses  1
reported with Amendments by a Joint Committee  0

Number of reports by a Joint Committee:

that the Order be not approved  0
that the Order be amended  0

Number of Special Procedure Orders referred to a Joint Committee  1
Number of Days on which each Committee sat  2

Joint Committee

Order	Commons Members	Attendance	No. of days Committee sat	Type of Petition	Decision of Committee
Woodford Aerodrome (Control of Land by Directions) Order 1997	Mr Bill Etherington Mr Michael Fabricant Mr Bill Olner	2 2 2	2	General Objection	That the Order be reported, without amendment