2.3 - The Legislative Process Flashcards
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What is a legislative bill?
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- a proposal for a new law or a change to existing law which is brought before parliament, can be introduced to the commons and the lords
2
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What an act of parliament
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Bill that has completed all its stages in parliament and has become law
3
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What is a government/public bill
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- most important type that can be debated in parliament
- brought forward by gov ministers to change public policy, eg reorganising the NHS
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What is a private bill
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- much less common, sponseeed by an organisation such as a company or a li a local authority with intention of changing the law affecting the organisation
- a group affected by such a bill has right to petition parliament against it
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What is a hybrid bill
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- proposes changes to law which would affect the general public, but certain groups within it
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What is a private members bill
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- affects the whole population, introduced by an individual backbench Mp or a member of the lords
- these are lot less likely than a gov bill to become law
- In 2018, Angus MacNeil MP (SNP) introduced a (ballot) Private Members’ Bill to enable more families separated by war and persecution to reunite in safety in the UK
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How does a bill starting in the House of Commons and House of Lords become law
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First reading, second reading , committe stage, report stage, third reading
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What is the origin of a bill
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- May originate as a green paper or as a white paper
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What is the first reading
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First compulsory stage, bill made available to MPs but not debates or voted on at this stage
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What is the second reading
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- principle of the bill is debated, vote May be taken if it’s contested
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What is the committee stage
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- bill is scrutinised in detail by a public bill committee, amendments may be made if gov is prepared to accept them
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What is the report stage
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- whole HOC considers amendments made at committe stage, and May accept or reject the,
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What is the third reading
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- amended bill is debated and voted on by the whole house
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What is the House of Lords stages
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- same stages as the HOC with exception of committe stage which is carried out by the whole house
- lords can propose amendments which HOC then accepts or rejects
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What is royal assent
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Monarch signs the bill making it law
