Topic 1: Parliamentary Law Making

Question 1

Who is the UK Parliament split up into?

Answer 1

House of Commons
House of Lords
The monarch

Question 2

What are the different types of peers, and which house are they in?

Answer 2

Hereditary, life

In the House of Lords

Question 3

What is being the monarch also called?

Answer 3

The head of state

Question 4

How do you introduce an act of Parliament?

Answer 4

A long and formal process

Question 5

What are the different types of bill?

Answer 5

Private members bill
Private bill
Public bill

Question 6

Who do the private members bills address?

Answer 6

Apply to the general population

Question 7

How can an MP introduce a private members bill?

Answer 7

By ballot

By ten-minutes rule

Question 8

Who does a public bill apply to?

Answer 8

The whole of the country or a large proportion

Question 9

Who makes public bills?

Answer 9

The government, the majority of bills are made this way

Question 10

Who does a private bill apply to?

Answer 10

Individual people or companies

Question 11

Who introduces private bills?

Answer 11

Organisations, private companies

Question 12

Give an example of. Private members bill

Answer 12

The Abortion Act 1967

Question 13

Give an example of a public bill?

Answer 13

The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984

Question 14

Give an example of a private bill?

Answer 14

The Faversham Oyster Fishery Company Bill 2016

Question 15

What is the acronym we use for the bill making process?

Answer 15

Green Winged Dragons Fly Slowly Clockwise Round The Old Ruin

Question 16

And what does the GWDFSCRTOR acronym stand for?

Answer 16

Green paper, white paper, draft bill, first reading, second hearing, committee Stage, report Stage, third reading, other house, royal assent.

Question 17

What is the green paper Stage?

Answer 17

Create discussion, people inside parliament can make suggestions

Question 18

What is the white paper?

Answer 18

Allows MP’s to feedback on the bill, form the basis of the draft (to those who are drafting it)

Question 19

What is the draft bill Stage?

Answer 19

The bill is drafted by government lawyers, published and then the formal legislative process will begin

Question 20

What is the first reading Stage?

Answer 20

Name of the bill and it’s purpose will be read out, no discussion, a vote to see if people think it should continue

Question 21

What is the second reading?

Answer 21

Main debate on the whole bill, discuss main principles rather than small details

Question 22

What is the committee Stage?

Answer 22

A detail examination of each clause, committee is 12-20 MP’s, they will be expertise on the subject

Question 23

What is the report Stage?

Answer 23

The committee will report back to the House of Commons, they’ll then be debated

Question 24

What is the third reading?

Answer 24

A final vote takes place on wether the bill should continue in the process, UNLIKELY TO FAIL AT THIS STAGE

Question 25

What is the ‘other house’ Stage?

Answer 25

Depending where the bill started, it now goes to the other house and will go through the same process, also known as Parliament ping pong

Question 26

What is the royal assent Stage?

Answer 26

The monarch family gives approval to the bill

Question 27

What did the Parliament Act 1911 do?

Answer 27

Restricted the House of Lords delaying powers to 2 years and removed their power to veto a bill

Question 28

What did the Parliament Act 1949 do?

Answer 28

Further reduced the House of Lords delaying powers to 1 year

Question 29

What are the influences on Parliament?

Answer 29

Public opinion
Pressure groups
Lobbyists
Politics/party manifesto

Question 30

What are the advantages to the legislative procedure?

Answer 30

It upholds the rule of law principle
Is intensely scrutinised
Conducted by those who are democratically elected
Allows for constitution

Question 31

What are the disadvantages of the legislative procedure?

Answer 31

Acts can be complex and lack clarity
Time consuming
Confusing for the public
Undemocratic