Parliamentary law making Flashcards
What are the 3 types of bills?
Public bill
Private bill
Private members bill
What is a public bill?
A bill with matters that effects the whole country or a large proportion
What is a private bill?
A bill that only affects individual people or corporations
What is a private member’s bill?
A type of public bill that is introduced by individual MPs or Lords that are not Government ministers
List the 11 stages of the law-making process
- Green paper
- White paper
- Draft bill
- First reading
- Second reading
- Committee stage
- Report stage
- Third reading
- Other house
- Royal assent
- Commencement of the act
What is the green paper stage?
A consultative document on a topic where the government has a view to put forward a new law or a change to a current law
What is the white paper stage?
The firm and formal proposal for the new law
What is the draft bill stage?
The proposals for the new law will be drafted by Government lawyers into a formal draft bill and is then published
What is the first reading?
The formal procedure in the House of Commons will begin here. The name of the bill is read out and a date is set for the second reading
What is the second reading?
The main debate on the whole bill will take place. MPs will debate main principles rather than smaller details
What is the committee stage?
A detailed examination of each specific clause of the bill will take place. This will be done by a standing committee made up of between 12 and 50 MPs
What is the report stage?
The standing committee will report back to the House of Commons on the amendments that have been made in the committee stage
What is the third reading?
A final vote on the bill takes place in the house it started in.
What is the other house stage?
The bill will pass onto the other house and go through the 5 stages as it did in the house it started in
What is royal assent?
The final stage- the monarch formally gives approval to the bill and then it becomes an act of parliament
