Sessional Returns 2007-08 Contents


4  PRIVATE BILLS AND PRIVATE BUSINESS

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

A  Private Bills, Private Business and Special Procedure Orders: General

Number of Private Bills:   
  introduced into the House of Commons (including suspended and revived Bills) 9
  brought from the House of Lords (including suspended and revived Bills) 3
Number of Bills:  
  confirming Provisional Orders introduced into the House of Commons 0
  confirming Provisional Orders introduced into the House of Lords 0
  for the confirmation of Orders under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936)     introduced into the House of Commons 0
  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) 1
  brought from the House of Lords (including suspended Bills) 0
Number of Special Procedure Orders   
laid0
  withdrawn 0
  annulled 0
  against which Petitions or copies of Petitions were deposited 0


  Private Bills Hybrid BillsBills for the Confirmation of Orders under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 Total
Number of Bills which received the Royal Assent
3
1
0
4
Number of Bills passed in the Commons but not in the House of Lords
1
0
0
1
Number of Bills rejected in the House of Commons
0
0
0
0
Number of Bills rejected in Committee in the House of Commons
0
0
0
0
Number of Bills withdrawn or not proceeded with by parties in the House of Commons
2
0
0
2
Number of Bills suspended in the House of Commons
4
0
0
4
Number of Bills not passed by the Standing Orders Committee
0
0
0
0

TOTAL
10
1
  
11


  Private Bills Hybrid BillsBills for the Confirmation of Orders under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 Total
Number of Bills reported by Committees on Opposed Bills
1
0
0
1
Number of Bills reported by other Committees
0
0
0
0
Number of Bills reported by Committees on Unopposed Bills
2
0
0
1

TOTAL
3
  
  
2


B  Dates of the House's consideration of the several stages of Private Bills



C  Opposed Bill Committees

Title of BillMembers of Committee Days on which Committee satDays on which each Member served First and Last sittingPreamble proved or not proved (where applicable)
Transport for London [Lords]Christopher Fraser
(Chairman)
Mr Graham Stuart
Andrew Miller
Geraldine Smith
8 November 2007 8 November 2007 8 November 2007proved


D  Committee on Unopposed Bills

Number of Meetings: 1

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


St Austell Market Bill
First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
  John Austin
  Mr Adrian Bailey
  Peter Bottomley
  Mr Robert Walter

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

First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means (Sylvia Heal)
1
Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means (Sir Michael Lord)
0
John Austin
1
Mr Adrian Bailey
1
Gordon Banks
0
Peter Bottomley
1
Sir John Butterfill
0
Colin Challen
0
Paul Farrelly
0
Mr Brian Jenkins
0
Helen Jones
0
Siobhain McDonagh
0
John Mann
0
Sir Robert Smith
0
Sir Peter Tapsell
0
Jon Trickett
0
Mr Robert Walter
1
Ann Winterton
0


E  Bills to confirm Orders under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936

NIL

F  Court of Referees

Number of meetings: NIL

Names of Members
Chairman of Ways and Means (Sir Alan Haselhurst)
First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means (Sylvia Heal)
Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means (Sir Michael Lord)
Mr Peter Atkinson
Sir John Butterfill
Andrew Gwynne
Mr David Heath
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
Mr Andrew Slaughter
Mrs Angela C Smith
Speaker's Counsel (Mr John Vaux)

Clerk: Mr David Doig

G  Standing Orders Committee

Number of meetings: 1


Names of Members
Total number of days on which each Member attended a meeting of the Standing Orders Committee

Chairman of Ways and Means (Sir Alan Haselhurst)
0
First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means (Sylvia Heal)
1
Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means (Sir Michael Lord)
0
Sir Patrick Cormack
0
Mr Brian Jenkins
1
Helen Jones
1
Ann McKechin
1
Rosemary McKenna
1
Dr Nick Palmer
0
Sir Robert Smith
0
Sir Nicholas Winterton
1


Clerk: Mr Mike Clark

The Committee has the assistance of Speaker's Counsel

H  Special Procedure Orders

No Special Procedure Orders were laid during the 2007-08 Session

I  Joint Committees

NIL




 
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