Legislative Process Examples

• Example of an MP who routinely opposes PMBs

  Sir Christopher Chope
• Example of a PMB that succeeded

  1967 Abortion Act
• Example of an MP who proposed an amendment in the report stage

  MP Harriet Harman tabled an amendment to the Criminal Justice Bill that could see pedophiles ‘automatically deprived‘ of parental rights
• Which bill was defeated in 2005 under Blair?

  New Terror Laws that Blair wanted to introduce after 7/7. MPs voted against 322 to 291 and 49 Labour MPs rebelled to a proposal that would allow police to detain terror suspects for up to 90 days without charging them
• What was the result of the second reading on the Smoking ban?

  383 FOR vs 67 AGAINST