Process^

Question 1

Process In Order

Answer 1

First Reading
Second Reading
Committee Stage
Report Stage
Third Reading
House of Lords - repeat all the above
Royal Assent

Question 2

Parliamentary Act 1911 & 1949

Answer 2

1911 - HL can’t reject bills
only delay, offer amendments
1949 - only delay for a year

Question 3

Disadvantages

Answer 3

• undemocratic
• time consuming
• not quick to create laws (emergency)

Question 4

Royal Assent Act 1967

Answer 4

royalty don’t even have to read the bill

Question 5

Undemocratic

Answer 5

• HL is unelected
• Royal Assent is undemocratic
• MPs obligated to vote with party cause of whips

Question 6

Example of the Process being time consuming

Answer 6

the Consumer Rights Act 2015
took 14 months

Question 7

Pre - Legislation Process

Answer 7

Green Paper
- debate law
White Paper
- firm proposal
Bill

Question 8

What is a Bill

Answer 8

the white paper given to professionals to organise
add titles

Question 9

Example of Bills

Answer 9

public bill
private bill
hybrid bill
private members bill

Question 10

Public Bill

Answer 10

affects all of the public

Question 11

Private Bill

Answer 11

affects small groups

Question 12

Hybrid

Answer 12

in between private and public
affects a large group

Question 13

Private Members Bill

Answer 13

introduced by individual MPs
deals with narrow issues

Question 14

White Paper

Answer 14

can choose to be skipped if urgent
- reluctant to agree as its not discussed but gov only needs a majority

Question 15

First Reading

Answer 15

no vote or discussion
name and main aims just read out

Question 16

Second Reading

Answer 16

see if its to process further
focus on larger areas
debate then vote

Question 17

Committee Stage

Answer 17

group of 16 to 50 MPs to examine and change
usually have an interest or expertise
if they change nothing they can skip the report stage

Question 18

Report Stage

Answer 18

either accept or reject amendments from the Committee

Question 19

Third Reading

Answer 19

formality as unlikely to be voted out so late in the process
final vote

Question 20

House of Lords

Answer 20

repeats almost the same stages as HC
- not the committee stage as its open to all to offer amendments
can’t reject, only amend, but HC can ignore them

Question 21

Royal Assent

Answer 21

formality
Royal Assent Act 1967
- dont have to read the bill to sign

Question 22

Advantages

Answer 22

+ democratic as its made by elected reps+ thought out/ scrutinised+ separation of powers
: P create, L apply
+ in an emergency, laws can be created quickly

Question 23

Example of Gov creating law in an emergency

Answer 23

The Coronavirus Act 2020