Parlimentry Law Making

Question 1

Legislative

Answer 1

having the power to make laws.

Question 2

Government bill

Answer 2

A bill is a proposed law which is introduced into Parliament.

Question 3

Public bill

Answer 3

Affects whole/most of country

Question 4

Private bill

Answer 4

affects individuals or corporations only

Question 5

Private member’s bill

Answer 5

a type of public bill that can be introduced by either members of the House of Commons or House of Lords who are not Ministers

Question 6

Green paper

Answer 6

Document for consultation

Question 7

White paper

Answer 7

Firm proposals for new law

Question 8

Parliamentary paper

Answer 8

the most detailed primary source for nineteenth-century Britain, its colonies, and the wider world

Question 9

Parliamentary counsel

Answer 9

assist government departments in preparing Bills

Question 10

House of Lords

Answer 10

The House of Lords debates legislation, and has the power to amend or reject bills

Question 11

Royal assent

Answer 11

Royal assent is the method by which a monarch formally approves an act of the legislature

Question 12

House of Commons

Answer 12

deliver the government’s legislative programme. respond to the Joint Committee on Parliamentary Privilege.