Legislation - General Notes

In the list of Bills which follows, the type of Bill is shown at the left-hand margin next to the title by the following codes:

G Government Bills

C Consolidation Bills

B Private Members' Bills (under the ballot procedure). The number after refers to position in ballot

P Private Members' Bills (under SO No 57)

T Private Members' Bills (under the Ten Minute Rule, SO No 23)

L Private Members' Bills starting in the House of Lords

[HL] Bill starting in the House of Lords

HYBRID Public Bill which affects private interests of particular persons or corporate bodies as distinct from the private interests of all persons or bodies

Abbreviations:

1R First reading: date of presentation (formal, no debate)

2R Second reading (debate on the principle(s) of the Bill)

MR Money resolution (normally taken after 2R only shown in the list if taken at another time)

GM Guillotine Motion

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 principles (equates with SRC)

PBC Public Bill Committee in the House of Commons

SPBC Special Public Bill Committee

Comm Committee of the Whole House

Comm** House of Lords Grand Committee, taken in a committee room

JCCB Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills

JC TLRB Joint Committee on Tax Law Re-write Bills (the date indicates the date on which the Bill was committed to the Joint Committee).

SC Standing Committee

SSC/SSSC Special Standing Committee/Special Scottish Standing Committee on a Bill, where public evidence is taken

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 of a bill on the same day (usually report stage and third reading)

LA Lords' amendments considered in the House of Commons

CA Commons' amendments considered in the House of Lords

RA Bill formally becomes an Act of Parliament

CH Chapter number

CO Carry-over Motion

RC Re-committal to a Public Bill Committee, or to Committee stage in House of Lords

Prog Programme Motion

ATM Allocation of Time Motion

SelCom Bill referred to a Select Committee

Prov 2R (Rep, 3R) Provisional date for 2R 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.

Pri Private sitting (can occur at any stage)

* Indicates proceedings were formal with no debate

# Member in charge has named a date for consideration which is not a Private Members' Bill Friday, therefore the Bill will not be debated.

Deb adj Debate adjourned

Order for 2nd
Reading lapsed Bill has not been printed, therefore does not appear on the order paper on the named day

Dropped Day for the next reading has not been named or time has run out for the Bill to be considered

Withdrawn Member in charge has withdrawn the Bill

Stood over Fewer than 40 Members present at a division, question not decided and business under consideration stood over until next sitting of the House

Complete list of Public Bills before Parliament this Session

The following is a list of Public Bills before Parliament this Session.

To save space, the list is abbreviated. The title of the Bill is followed by the name of the Member and/or Peer sponsoring it. The letter denotes the type of Bill (see Legislation - General Notes). This is followed by the Bill number(s) with full bill reprints indicated by the use of bold; followed by the dates of the various stages. All forthcoming, and therefore provisional, dates are italicised. Government Bills are listed in bold type.

For an explanation of Parliamentary consideration of Public Bills see HCIO Factsheets L1 and L2 produced by the House of Commons Information Office, available in hardcopy on request or to download from the Parliament website.

BRIBERY [HL] (G) Lord Bach

Lords: (3) *1R: 19.11.2009 2R: 9.12.2009 Prov Comm**: 7 & 13.1.2010

BUILDING REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) [HL] (L) Lord Harrison

Lords: (10) *1R: 19.11.2009 Prov 2R: No date

CHILD POVERTY (G) Stephen Timms

(introduced in 2008-09 and carried over to 2009-10)

Commons: (112, 2008-09) *1R: 11.6.2009 2R: 20.7.2009 *Prog: 20.7.2009 *MR: 20.7.2009 *CO: 20.7.2009 PBC: 20, 22, 27 & 29.10; 3.11.2009

Commons: (10, 2009-10) *1R: 19.11.2009 *2R: 19.11.2009 Rep: 9.12.2009 3R: 9.12.2009

Lords: () *1R: 10.12.2009 Prov 2R: 5.1.2010

CHILDREN, SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES (G) Ed Balls

Commons: (8) *1R: 19.11.2009 Prov 2R: 11.1.2010

CHILDREN'S RIGHTS [HL] (L) Baroness Walmsley

Lords: (8) *1R: 19.11.2009 Prov 2R: No date

CLUSTER MUNITIONS (PROHIBITIONS) [HL] (G) Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead

Lords: (2) *1R: 19.11.2009 2R: 8.12.2009 Prov Comm**: 6.1.2010

CONSOLIDATED FUND (G) Mr Stephen Timms

Commons: (12) *1R: 10.12.2009 Prov 2R: 14.12.2009 Prov 3R: 14.12.2009

CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM [HL] (L) Lord Willoughby de Broke

Lords: (13) *1R: 19.11.2009 Prov 2R: No date

CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM AND GOVERNANCE (G) Jack Straw

(introduced in 2008-09 and carried over to 2009-10)

Commons: (142, 2008-09) *1R: 20.7.2009 2R: 20.10.2009 Prog: 20.10.2009 MR: 20.10.2009 CO: 20.10.2009 Prog: 3.11.2009 Comm: 3 & 4.11.2009

Commons: (4, 2009-10) *1R: 19.11.2009 *2R: 19.11.2009 Prov Comm: No date

CONSUMER EMISSIONS (CLIMATE CHANGE) [HL] (L) Lord Teverson

Lords: (13) *1R: 19.11.2009 Prov 2R: No date

CONTAMINATED BLOOD (SUPPORT FOR INFECTED AND BEREAVED PERSONS) [HL] (L) Lord Morris of Manchester

Lords: (5) *1R: 19.11.2009 2R: 11.12.2009 Prov Comm: No date

CO-OPERATIVE AND COMMUNITY BENEFIT SOCIETIES AND CREDIT UNIONS [HL] (L) Lord Tomlinson

Lords: (11) *1R: 19.11.2009 2R: 11.12.2009 Prov Comm: No date

CORPORATION TAX (G) Alistair Darling

Commons: (1) *1R: 19.11.2009 Prov SRC: 15.12.2009

CRIME AND SECURITY (G) Alan Johnson

Commons: (3) *1R: 19.11.2009 Prov 2R: No date

DAMAGES (ASBESTOS-RELATED CONDITIONS) [HL] (L) Baroness Quin

Lords: (16) *1R: 19.11.2009 Prov 2R: No date

DIGITAL ECONOMY [HL] (G) Lord Mandelson

Lords: (1) *1R: 19.11.2009 2R: 2.12.2009 Prov Comm: 6 & 12.1.2010

ENERGY (G) Edward Miliband

Commons: (7) *1R: 19.11.2009 2R: 7.12.2009 Prog: 7.12.2009 MR: 7.12.2009 Prov PBC: No date

EQUALITY (G) Ms Harriet Harman / Baroness Royall of Blaisdon

(introduced in 2008-09 and carried over to 2009-10)

Commons: (85, 2008-09) *1R: 24.4.2009 2R: 11.5.2009 Prog: 11.5.2009 MR: 11.5.2009 *CO: 11.5.2009 *CO: 13.5.2009 PBC: 2, 9, 11, 16, 18, 23, 25 & 30.6; 2 & 7.7.2009

Commons: (5, 2009-10) *1R: 19.11.2009 *2R: 19.11.2009 Rep: 2.12.2009 3R: 2.12.2009

Lords: (20, 2009-10) 1R: 3.12.2009 Prov 2R: 15.12.2009 Prov Comm: 11 & 13.1.2010