legislative process uk

• what are the 6 stages of the legislative process?

  • first reading
  • second reading
  • committee stage
  • report stage
  • third reading
  • royal assent
• where can a bill start

  house of commons or lords
• what happens in the first reading?

  formal introduction or reading of the bill‘s title by the relevant government minister
• what happens in the second reading?

  the main debate of the principles of the bill
• what happens in the committee stage?

  bill sent to public bill committees. they will scrutinise and propose amendments
• what happens in the report stage?

  any amendments proposed are considered, accepted, rejected or changed
• what happens in the third reading?

  final debate on the amended version. no further amendments allowed