1R - First Reading: date of presentation (usually formal with no debate) 2R - Second Reading (debate on the principles of the Bill) 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 (Second Reading taken in one of the Grand Committees) Comm - Committee Stage (the detailed examination of the Bill) SelCom - Bill referred to a Select Committee Rep - Report Stage (detailed review of the Bill as amended in committee) 3R - Third Reading (final debate on the Bill) PP - Ping Pong, where the bill passes back and forth between the two Houses debating amendments to the bill
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