In the list of Bills which follows, the type of Bill is shown at the left-hand margin below the title by the following codes:
1R | First Reading: date of presentation (no debate at this stage except for Class T Bills, which have short introductory speeches) |
2R | Second Reading (the debate on the principle of the Bill) |
MR | Money Resolution (normally taken after 2R: shown below only if taken at another time) |
SRC | Second Reading Committee (2R taken in Committee: formal 2R in whole House next day unless otherwise stated) |
SGC/WGC | Scottish or Welsh Grand Committee consideration of principle (equates with SRC) |
PC | Programming Committee |
PSC | Programming Sub-Committee |
Comm | Committee Stage (the detailed examination of the Bill). If no committee is named (eg SC A) a committee of the whole House is indicated |
Comm** | House of Lords Committee of the Whole House, taken in a committee room. Debate published in daily Hansard |
PBC | Public Bill Committee (committee Stage in the House of Lords, when the consideration is not undertaken by a committee of the whole House) |
SPBC | Special Public Bill Committee (committee Stage in the House of Lords, when the consideration is not undertaken by a committee of the whole House. Public evidence is taken) |
SSC/SSSC | Special Standing Committee (Special Scottish Standing Committee) on a Bill, where public evidence is taken |
SC A, (B, etc) | Standing Committee A, B, etc |
CN | Committee negatived. (Indicates that there was no debate at committee stage in the House of Lords) |
OCD | Order of Commitment discharged (no debate at committee stage in the House of Lords) |
Rep | Report Stage (detailed review of the Bill as amended in committee) |
3R | Third Reading (final debate on the Bill) |
RS | Remaining Stages (Report Stage and Third Reading taken on the same day) |
LA | Lords' Amendments considered in the House of Commons |
CA | Commons' Amendments considered in the House of Lords |
1st(2nd)Scot SC | 1st (2nd) Scottish Standing Committee |
GM | Allocation of Time Motion (Guillotine motion) |
Prog | Programme Motion |
PSelRep: | Bill referred to a Select Committee; date refers to the date the Committee will report by |
[HL] | Indicates a Bill which started in the House of Lords |
HYBRID BILL | A Public Bill which affects the private interests of particular persons or corporate bodies as distinct from the private interests of all persons or bodies |
PROPOSED BILL | Indicates that a motion for leave to bring in a Bill under the Ten Minute Rule (SO No 23) was negatived |
Prov 2R (Rep, 3R) | Provisional date for 2nd Reading of a Bill etc. For Private Members' Bills (if set down for a Private Members Bill Friday) this is followed, by the position of the Bill in the order of business for that day, thus giving some indication of the likelihood of debate. |