types of bills

• What are the 4 types of bills?

  - Public bill

  - Private bill

  - Hybrid bill

  - Private member's bill
• What is a public bill?

  A bill involving issues to do with public policy
• Who proposes public bills?

  Government ministers
• Who do public bills apply to? Give an example

  the entire nation, countrywide.

  example: coronavirus act 2020
• What is a private bill?

  A proposal for a law that would apply to a particular individual or group of individuals, or corporate entity
• Who proposes private bills?

  Individuals or corporations
• Who does a private bill apply to? Give an example

  The group proposing the change

  example: University of college London act 1996
• What was the university London college act of 1996?

  Passed to combine 3 medical institutions
• What is a hybrid bill?

  A bill that affects the general public and has a specific impact on an individual/ group/ place
• Who proposes hybrid bills?

  Government ministers
• Who do hybrid bills affect? Give an example

  General public

  example: Channel tunnel, building new airports etc.
• What is a private members' bill?

  Bills that are proposed by individual Mps or Lords
• Who does a private members' bill affect?

  Particular groups or the whole nation
• Why are private members' bills often used?

  To try and draw attention to an issue rather than create laws
• How are private members' bills selected?

  Randomly picked out of a pile of bills