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Name all the stages of law making |
Pressures for Law Making ----Types of Bills ---- Consultation---1st Reading --- 2nd --- Committee Stage --- Reports Stage --- 3rd Reading --- House of Lords --- Ping Pong --- Royal Assent |
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Who has more power, The House of Commons or The House of Lords? |
The House of Commons because the Parliamentary Supremacy which makes parliament supreme in legal authority in the UK, which has the most power when creating and ending law It is also unwritten in the UK |
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Pressures for Law Making |
this is a stage where something has to influence someone/people into thinking that there should be a change in law |
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what are the different types of bills |
Private and Public Bills |
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what are private bills |
a legislative bill affecting the interests only of a particular body or individual with individual |
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What are public bills? |
there are two types: government and private member's bill |
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Describe what Government Bill is |
It has the support of the Government which means that it has more chance to succeed as they have the most MPs therefore more time is put into them |
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Describe what private member's bill is |
in the Parliament of the United Kingdom is 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. Less parliamentary time is given to such billsand as a result only a minority of PMBs actually become law |
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Describe the consultation stage |
This stage involves getting people (outside of parliament) opinions on law by sending the documents to them |
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what is the Green paper |
A Green Paper is a consultation document, issued by the Government, which has proposals for future law change to be debated and discussed it is sent to people who wish to comment
for example, if they wish to change the law on drinking alcohol, they might send it to pubs and bars and the police after this, the idea might be changed |
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what is the White paper |
this is a second document produced by the government after the Green paper is sent out and it has a chance to become a bill then it is sent to the House of Commons |
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what happens at the 1st reading? |
there is no debate on the Bill the short title of the Bill is read out and is order to print then they will arrange for the 2nd reading |
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what happens at the 2nd reading? |
this gives parliament the change to debate the main principles of the Bill and the government, minister or spokes person has to explain and answer questions that are raised the house of commons then decide if it should be given a 2nd reading by voting |
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what is the committee stage |
this is where detailed examination of the Bill takes place by experts and interest groups outside of Parliament during this stage, amendments (changes) to the Bill can be made |
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what is the report stage |
it gives MPs the opportunities to propose for changes that may take place to the Bill then all MPs can speak, debate then vote on the Bill |
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describe what happens to the 3rd reading |
this is the final chance to debate contents of the Bill and is usually short and they only discus what's on the Bill at the end, the House decides on the law by voting |
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what is the role of the House of Lords in law making |
it is the same as they House of Commons but during the committee stage, all of the Lords are included |
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what is the Ping Pong stage |
it is where the Bill is sent to each House to consider each other's amendments and both must agree on the exact wording of the Bill this can happen for a very long time |
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what is the Royal Assent |
Royal Assent is the Monarch's agreement that is required to make a Bill into an Act of Parliament. While the Monarch has the right to refuse Royal Assent, nowadays this does not happen; the last such occasion was in 1707, and Royal Assent is regarded today as a formality. |
