Private bills

Contents

• Petitions for late bills and for additional provision (Standing Orders 2 and 97)
• Proceedings before the Examiners
• Standing Orders Committee (Standing Orders 84–89)
• First reading (Standing Order 98)
• Compatibility with the Human Rights Act 1998 (Standing Orders 38, 91 and 98A)
• Petitions against private bills (Standing Orders 101–103)
• Second reading
• Instructions
• Commitment
• Unopposed bills referred by the Senior Deputy Speaker to a select committee
• Select committees on opposed private bills
• Unopposed bills
• Matters common to committees on opposed and unopposed bills (Standing Orders 123–146)
• Re-commitment to Committee of the whole House (Standing Order 94)
• Deposit of amended bills (Standing Order 147)
• Report stage
• Third reading
• Queen's consent
• Proceedings after third reading
• Commons amendments
• Withdrawal of bills