2.3

• What is the first stage of the legislative process?

  First Reading
• What occurs during the First Reading?

  The title of the Bill is read
• What is the second stage of the legislative process?

  Secondary Reading
• What happens during the Secondary Reading?

  The Bill is debated and amended
• What is the third stage of the legislative process?

  Committee Stage
• What occurs during the Committee Stage?

  The Bill is considered in greater detail
• Who considers the Bill during the Committee Stage?

  The House of Commons Committee
• What is the fourth stage of the legislative process?

  Report Stage
• What happens during the Report Stage?

  The Bill is further debated by the House
• What is the fifth stage of the legislative process?

  Third Reading
• What occurs during the Third Reading?

  Further amendments are considered
• What happens to the Bill after the Third Reading?

  It goes through the process in the other House
• What is the final stage of the legislative process?

  Royal Assent
• What occurs during the Royal Assent stage?

  The bill receives assent from the monarch
• What must happen before a bill receives Royal Assent?

  It must be approved by Parliament
• What is the Salisbury Convention?

  A convention regarding government bills in the Lords
• When did the Salisbury Convention emerge?

  During the Labour Government of 1945-51
• Who was the Leader of the Conservative Opposition when the Salisbury Convention emerged?

  The fifth Marquess of Salisbury
• What does the Salisbury Convention allow regarding major government bills?

  They can pass through the Lords without majority
• What does the Salisbury Convention imply about government bills mentioned in an election manifesto?

  The Lords does not vote them down at certain readings
• What significant action did the Liberal Democrats take regarding the Salisbury Convention in 2015?

  They suspended the Salisbury Convention
• Why did the Liberal Democrats suspend the Salisbury Convention?

  The government was elected on a small popular vote
• What has been the result of the Lords passing many bills in defiance of the government?

  It challenges the government's authority
• What can the House of Lords do with a bill?

  They can make amendments to it
• What happens if the House of Commons does not like the amendments made by the House of Lords?

  They can overturn the amendments
• What does it mean if the House of Lords 'digs their heels in' regarding a bill?

  It forces the House of Commons into majority submission