Bills Flashcards
What is a Bill?
A Bill is a draft law drafted by specialists lawyers.
What are the lawyers known as (who drafted the law draft/ bill)?
Parliamentary Counsel to the Treasury
Who puts forward a Governmental Bill?
The government
What type of bills are government bills normally?
Public Bills
What matters do Public Bills invloves? (Give example)
Matters of public policy affecting the general public such as the Constitutional Reform Act 2005.
What is a Private Members’ Bill?
It is a public bill sponsored by an individual MP who is not part of the government.
How do you call an individual MP who is not part of the government?
A backbencher
What does each parliamentary session have?
A ballot
What happens in a ballot?
20 MPs are selected, who can present a Bill to Parliament.
Give an example of a Private Members’ Bill.
The Abortion Act 1967- legalised abortion, introduced by David Steel
What are Private Bills?
They are prompted by people or organisations, which involves matters which affect only individual people or organisations.
Give an example of a Private Bill.
A private bill became the Manchester City Council Act 2010 which regulated street trading in Greater Manchester.
