In practice, this means most weekdays during a session, other than days of recess or public holidays. Guidance on Legislative Consent Annex B: List of key terms Dates of recess, and days on which the office of the Clerk is open, are listed on the Parliament’s website, under About / Recess dates stages of Bills (in the UK Parliament) – following introduction of a Bill in either the House of Commons or House of Lords, Bills generally go through the following stages in each House: Second Reading (a general debate on the Bill’s purpose), Committee Stage (the main amending stage, taken in a committee), Report Stage (a second amending stage, taken in the Chamber) and Third Reading (another general debate, preceding the decision whether to pass the Bill – which includes, in the House of Lords, a limited further opportunity for amendments).