parliamentary law making

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    • what is an act of parliament
      a law made by parilament
    • what are acts of parliament also called
      statutes or legislation
    • who are the house of lords
      they are unelected peers who are nominated experts in their field . the prime minister has a say over who is a peer. they are unpaid , roughly 800 members and can be hereditary or life peers
    • what is the role of the house of lords
      they question and challenge the work of the government, debate policy issues and matters of current concern and revise proposals
    • how long can the house of lords delay legislation
      up to one year
    • which act was delayed for one year by the HOL
      the hunting act 2004
    • which act gives the house of commons more power than HOL
      parliaments act 1911 and 1949
    • who are the house of commons
      members of parliament elected through a general election, they represent a constituency and make up the government . there are 650 and the leader is the prime minister
    • what do the house of commons do
      • implement and make policies
      • lead debates on bills
      • make the legislative process democratic
      • acts of parliament mainly created through the majority will of the HOC
    • who is in the prime ministers cabinet
      senior ministers and other more junior ministers
    • who was the last monarch to decline royal assent
      queen anne 1707
    • what is royal assent
      technically a monarch has the final say in a bill , however rarely used
    • which act states the monarch only sees title and summary of the bill
      royal assent act 1961
    • what happens in the pre legislative process
      1. green paper
      2. white paper
    • what is a green paper
      a consultative document issued by the government with proposals for a new law or reform a law
    • why are repossess invited to a green paper
      the views expressed can change the governments thinking on the form that the new laws should take
    • what is an example of a green paper that had responses
      the policing in the 21st century where police and mps where consulted
    • what is a white paper
      states a decision on how it is going to reform a law in more detail. has firm proposals for new laws
    • what is an example of a white paper
      educational excellence everywhere
    • what is a bill
      a bill is a proposed law
    • who does a private bill affect
      they don’t affect the whole of the uk . they often are created due to a petition form individual , organisation or local authority and they affect. they affect particular organisations , people or places
    • what is an example of a private bill
      favesham oyster fishery company act 2017
    • what are the two types of public bills
      1. government bills
      2. private members bill they affect the general public and involve matters of public policy
    • who does a government bills affect
      the whole of the uk
    • what are the most common bills
      government bills
    • who introduces a government bill
      the government minister
    • what’s an example of a government bill
      criminal justice and courts act 2015
    • who does a private member bill affect
      the whole of the uk
    • who makes a private member bill
      can be from any political party
    • who introduces and private member bill
      an individual back bencher
    • what is an example of a private members bill
      abortion act 1967 - legalised abortion
    • what are the two ways public bills are introduced
      1. ballot
      2. ten minute rule
    • which bills are passed easily due to support from the house of commons
      government bills
    • how does a ballot introduce a bill
      each parliamentary session , 20 members go forward , on friday
    • how does the ten minute rule introduce a bill
      given ten mins to gain support for their bill
    • what are the stages of the parliamentary law making process before it is introduced to parliament
      1. idea stage
      2. consultation stage
      3. drafting stage
      4. parliamentary stage
    • where do most bills start
      HOC
    • what happens in the idea stage
      the source of ideas such as law commission , reports , manifesto promises
    • what happens in the consultation stage
      idea discussed with experts and interested parties
      green and white paper
    • what happens in the drafting stage
      and idea is written into legal terminology by parliamentary council , it is now a bill
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