Green Paper: presents the Government's ideas for future policy. This is open for public discussion with interested groups like internet service provicers and others likely to be affected. Once the findings are gathered, a White Paper is published White Paper outlines a firmer plan for government policy. Cabinet Ministers must agree whether the proposal is taken forward.
Once agreed, a Bill is drawn up and the minister responsible for the policy introduces the Bill to Parliament for debate. MPs and members of the House of Lords comment on, debate or amend the Bill through several stages, and at the end of the process, apart from very rare circumstances, it must be agreed by both houses. Its then passed to the monarch who gives formal approval or Royal Assent, and the Bill becomes law, called an Act of Parliament.
PUBLIC BILLS
These are bought either by the government as a whole or as an individual MP (Private Members Bills). Public bills generally affect the whole county most of the government bills are in this category.
PRIVATE BILLS
These are bought by an outside group which only affect a certain area of the country.
RoyalAssent – the Monarch has to sign. Once they do it can be immediately put into practice. This follows the House of Lords Stages.
