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<p>Practice in recent years is well-established: Private Members' Bills introduced
in the House of Lords are offered Second Reading slots in the order in which they
receive their First Reading. Second Readings for Private Members' Bills introduced
this session have been scheduled on Friday 27 June and Friday 18 July; further Second
Readings will be arranged in due course. A ballot to determine the order in which
Private Members' Bills receive their First Reading will be introduced from the start
of the new Parliament (3rd Report of the Procedure Committee, Session 2013-14).</p><p>For
Bills that receive a Second Reading, formal consideration of their remaining stages
will be arranged where no amendments are tabled and where the Member in charge so
requests. Where Bills receive a Second Reading but require further substantive consideration
of amendments, they will be competing for time with Private Members' Bills that are
received from the House of Commons and Private Members' Bills introduced in this House
that are still awaiting a Second Reading.</p><p>My noble friend the Government Chief
Whip will endeavour to facilitate the progress of bills in each of those categories.</p><p>
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