| Abbreviations |
| 1R | First Reading |
| 2R | Second Reading |
| CO | Carry-over or revival motion (To enable Bill to progress through Parliament across more than one session) |
| BR | Bill Reintroduced (Together with any other formal stages necessary to return the Bill to the point it had reached in the previous session) |
| BC | Bill committed (as yet the type of Committee is not known) |
| UBC | Bill committed to an unopposed committee (If two dates are given the last is the date on which the committee reported) |
| OBC | Bill committed to an opposed committee (If two dates are given the last is the date on which the committee reported) |
| Rep | Report stage (House of Commons only) |
| 3R | Third Reading |
| CA | Commons' amendments considered by the House of Lords |
| LA | Lords' amendments considered by the House of Commons |
| RA | Bill formally becomes an Act of Parliament |
| CH | Chapter number |
| Debate | Bill debated, otherwise the stages are taken formally. In the House of Commons this will be at 7 pm |
| Prov | Provisional date for next stage - date supplied where known, ie prov 2R: 27.1.2009 - provisional second reading 27 January 2009 |
| Copies of Private Bills can be obtained from the appropriate Agent, details listed below |
| Bircham Dyson Bell LLP, 50 Broadway, Westminster, London, SW1H 0BL, 020 7227 7000 |
| E-mail: pamthompson@bdb-law.co.uk |
| Entec UK Ltd, 155 Aztec West, Park Avenue, Almondsbury, Bristol, BS32 4UB |
| Eversheds LLP, 1 Wood St, London, EC2V 7WS, 020 7919 4500 |
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| Rees & Freres, 1 The Sanctuary, London, SW1P 3JT, 020 7222 5381 |
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| Sharpe Pritchard, Elizabeth House, Fulwood Place, London, WC1V 6HG, 020 7405 4600 |
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| Winckworth Sherwood, 35 Great Peter Street, London, SW1P 3LR, 020 7593 5000 |
| E-mail: agorlov@winckworths.co.uk |
| Members of Parliament may obtain copies of Private Bills from the Vote Office. |
| Lords may obtain them from the Lords Private Bill Office. |
