Formal legislative process

• What is a new law known as while it's making its way through the formal stages of becoming an Act?

  A bill
• Why is it likely policies supported by the government will become law?

  They will have a majority in the House of Commons
• What are the five types of Bill?

  Public Bills

  Private Bills,

  Private Members' Bills

  Hybrid Bills

  Government Bills
• What is an example of a Public Bill?

  Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment Act 2012
• What is an example of a Private Bill?

  Faversham Oyster Fishery Company Bill 2016
• What is an example of a Private Members' Bill?

  Household Waste Recycling Act 2003
• What is an example of a Hybrid Bill?

  Crossrail Acts
• What is an example of a Government Bill?

  Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015
• What is a Public Bill?

  Involve matters of public policy, affecting the whole country
• What is a Private Bill?

  Designed to create a law that will affect individuals or corporations
• What is a Private Members' Bill?

  Individual MPs from any party introduce a Bill - either through ballot or the 'ten-minute rule'
• What is a Hybrid Bill?

  Cross between Public and Private Bills introduced by the government that will affect a particular person, organisation or place
• What is a Government Bill?

  Introduced by the government