| In the list of Bills which follows, the type of Bill is shown at the lefthand 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 |
