types of bill

• do private bills affect the whole country?


  not usually
• why might a private bill be introduced?

  it may be introduced by a large company, local council or public corporation that requires an act of parliament to build a road or factory
• what is an example of a private bill?


  university college london act 1996 --> combined 3 institutions.
• do public bills affect the whole country?


  yes, they usually do. however some may only affect certain parts
• what are the 2 types of public bills?

  government bills and private members bills
• government bill


  these are introduced by the government and they may get ideas from sources such as their party manifesto. an example of this is the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 which created the Supreme court
• private members bill


  these are put forward by backbench mp's from any political party.

  MP's put their name into a ballot at the beginning of the year and 20 names are drawn.

  these 20 MP's are then allocated 10 minutes to explain their bill to the rest of the house

  Eg. The Abortion Act 1967
• hybrid bills


  these combine features of both bills. they are government bills which affect certain individuals and bodies in ways that do not affect everybody. such as the HS2 bill