parliamentary law making process 8 marker

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• Creation of an Act begins with a Bill
• Green paper; consultation phase that sets out the general aims of the Bill
  and invites responses.
• Becomes white paper: firm proposal for the law
• Majority of Bills start in either HoC or HoL but financial Bills must be HoC.

Question 2

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• Stage 1= ‘First reading’. A formality where the title of the Bill is read out to
  the house.
• Stage 2= ‘Second reading’. The minister introducing the Bill explains its
  purpose then a debate is held and a vote is taken.
• Stage 3= ‘Committee stage’ (if vote passes). In the commons 16-50 MPs
  examine each cause of the Bill and think of potential problems.
• Stage 4= ‘Report stage’. Committee report back to the house with any
  amendments. Amendments are debated, either accepted or rejected,
  before the final vote is taken.

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• If vote passes, the Bill is sent to second House and the whole process is r
  repeated.
• Only difference is that the committee in the HoL is the entirety of the
  house, not just a few individuals.
• Once the second house has made amendments, Bill can be passed back
  to the original house for any further changes. (sometimes parliamentary
  ping pong)

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• Monarch must give royal assent to make Bill law.
• Monarch only gets to see the short title and doesn’t even have to
  physically sign it.
• Bill becomes an Act.