parliamentary law making

Question 1

House of Lords

Answer 1

non-elected body
92 hereditary peers
700 llife peers
26 most senior bishops

Question 2

House of commons

Answer 2

elected by electorate
government is formed by the political party which has majority in the house of commons

Question 3

what is a green paper

Answer 3

a consultative document with a proposal for law reform

Question 4

what is a white paper?

Answer 4

a document stating their decision as to how they are going to reform the law

Question 5

what is a Bill?

Answer 5

a draft law going through parliament before it passes all the parliametary stages to become an act of parliament

Question 6

How does a Bill become an act of parliament?

Answer 6

when it successfully completes all necessary stages in parliament and recieves royal assent

Question 7

what types of Bills are there?

Answer 7

private members Bill
government Bill
public Bill
Private Bill
Hybrid Bill

Question 8

what is a private members Bill?

Answer 8

introduced by private mps
e.g household waste recycling act 2003

Question 9

what is a public Bill?

Answer 9

involves matters of public policy and affects the general public
e.g legal services act 2005

Question 10

what is a private bill?

Answer 10

affects a particluar organisation, person or place
e.g faversham oyster fishery company bill 2016

Question 11

what is a hybrid bill?

Answer 11

introduced by parliament but affects an organisation, person or place

Question 12

where do Bills start?

Answer 12

in either the house of commons or the house of lords

Question 13

what is the first stage of the parliamentary process?

Answer 13

First reading- formal procedure where the name of the Bill is read out

Question 14

what is the second stage?

Answer 14

second reading- the main debate on the whole bill and a vote is taken

Question 15

what is the third stage?

Answer 15

committee stage- a detailed examination of each clause of the Bill is undertaken by the standing committee

Question 16

what is the fourth stage?

Answer 16

report stage- the committee report back to the house on their ammendments. They will then be debated and either accepted or rejected

Question 17

what is the fith stage?

Answer 17

third reading- this is the final vote on the bill

Question 18

what is the sixth stage?

Answer 18

the house of lords- if the bill was started in the house of commons it is now passed to the house of lords where it goes through the same five stages

Question 19

what is the final stage?

Answer 19

royal assent- the monarch gives approval to the bill and it becomes an act of parliament

Question 20

advantages of parliamentary law making

Answer 20

made by elected representatives (democratic)
can reform whole areas of law in one act
allows greater detail through delegated legislation
makes the law certain

Question 21

disadvantages of parliamentary law making

Answer 21

parliament does not always have time to deal with reforms
parliamentary process can take several months
act are often long and complex