Parliamentary law making pt1 B

Question 1

Which house has the members elected?

Answer 1

House of commons

Question 2

What are the 2 types of peers in house of lords? And what do they mean?

Answer 2

hereditary ( title and place in house inherited) and life (nominated by prime minister, peerage doesn’t pass to children)

Question 3

What is a constituency and how many are there?

Answer 3

Areas within England and Wales, there’s 650

Question 4

What is a green paper (GP)?

Answer 4

A proposal for a new law, uncertain statement, consultation paper

Question 5

Who can make laws?

Answer 5

Parliament and Judges

Question 6

What is a White Paper (WP)?

Answer 6

A firm proposal/statement, consultation taken into account

Question 7

Which Bill affects a small population?

Answer 7

Private

Question 8

Which bill produces the majority of laws in the UK?

Answer 8

Public

Question 9

Which bill uses the 10 minute rule?

Answer 9

Private Members

Question 10

Which bill produces the least amount of laws in the UK?

Answer 10

Private Members

Question 11

What does a green paper go through before becoming a white paper?

Answer 11

lots of consultation and scrutiny

Question 12

True/false: a law can go straight to a white paper

Answer 12

true

Question 13

What is the main benefit of the green paper in the law making process?

Answer 13

it brings in groups of people where they can discuss the impacts of the paper and consult it

Question 14

What is the first reading?

Answer 14

short title and aims read out, formality

Question 15

What is the second reading?

Answer 15

main debate around main principles, then a vote

Question 16

What is the committee stage?

Answer 16

thoroughly examine and scrutinize every clause, in HOC there are 16/50 MPs that form a standing committee (specific people), in HOL all the lords examine it

Question 17

What is the Report stage?

Answer 17

committee reports back to the house about amendments and additions, if there are none it goes to the next stage

Question 18

What is the third reading?

Answer 18

final vote, passed to the other house

Question 19

What is the royal assent?

Answer 19

monarch gives approval, formality

Question 20

What is the order of law making? (from green paper)

Answer 20

green paper, white paper, first reading, second reading, committee stage, report stage, third reading, royal assent

Question 21

What happens after the third reading (for the first time)?

Answer 21

it is passed to the other house where the process takes place again

Question 22

What is Parliamentary ‘ping pong’?

Answer 22

when neither house can decide, so the bill goes back and forth between them

Question 23

What can HOC use to bypass HOL in this process?

Answer 23

Parliament Act

Question 24

When and what was the last law that the monarch refused to approve?

Answer 24

In 1707, the Scottish Militia Act was refused

Question 25

How long does the law making process usually take?

Answer 25

9 months

Question 26

What are 2 advantages of the Parliamentary law making process?

Answer 26

• there is a lot of stages where thorough research is done, they are scrutinized and debated, which means less room for mistakes
• debated by elected politicians, so democratic

Question 27

What are 2 disadvantages of the Parliamentary law making process?

Answer 27

• the house of lords and monarch, who are unelected have a large say and influence of the process, arguing that it is undemocratic
• it can take up to 9 months for a law to finish the process