Legislation process

Question 1

What powers do parliament have?

Answer 1

-make laws
-raise taxes
-parliament is sovereign meaning it has complete power in law there are no limits

Question 2

What does the parliament Act of 1911 and 1949 do?

Answer 2

Allows the HOC to bypass the HOL to get royal assent i.e the hunting Act 2004

Question 3

What are the 3 types of bills?

Answer 3

*Public bills - applies to everyone i.e coronavirus Act 2020
*private bills - affects certain groups i.e medway Council Act 2004 introduced mandatory licensing system for larger types of Houses in Multiple Occupation
*private members bills - introduced by only one member of Parliament i.e abortion Act 1967 introduced by David Steel.

Question 4

What is step one if the legislation process?

Answer 4

CONSULTATION STAGE
1. Green Paper- Breif Outline
of proposal
2. more indepth had good
feedback

Question 5

what is step two of the legislation process?

Answer 5

HOUSE OF COMMONS -intense scrutiny
1 First reading - title is read to HOC
2. Second reading - proposal fully debated MP’s vote whether to proceed
3. committee (smaller group with specific knowledge) stage -detail examination amendments can be made
4. Report Stage - committee report back to HOC and vote is taken

Question 6

what is step three of the legislation process ?

Answer 6

HOL even more scrutiny Repeat the same steps as the HOC

Question 7

what is step four of the Legislation process ?

Answer 7

Any changes made in the HOL is returned to the HOC , and vise versa (Ping Pong) HOL can delay laws for up to a year but cannot block legislation

Question 8

What is step five of the legislation process ?

Answer 8

ROYAL ASSENT
- monarch must give consent although in reality consent is never refused
- Bill then becomes an Act of Parliament and the law
- must state whether they are compatible or incompatible with human rights bc of Human Rights Act 1998 however parliament supreme can go against HR