Passing an Act

• What is the 8 stages to pass an Act?

  1 . Bill is drafted

  2 . First reading in the House of Commons

  3 . Second Reading in the House of Commons

  4 . Committee stage

  5 . Report stage

  6 . Third reading in the House of Commons

  7 . Same procedures in the House of Lords

  8 . Royal Assent
• What is the first stage to pass an Act?

  Bill is drafted
• What is the second stage to pass an Act?

  First reading in the House of Commons
• What is the third stage to pass an Act?

  Second reading in the House of Commons
• What is the fourth stage to pass an Act?

  Committee stage
• What is the fifth stage to pass an Act?

  Report stage
• What is the sixth stage to pass an Act?

  Third reading in the House of Commons
• What is the seventh stage to pass an Act?

  Same procedures in the House of Lords
• What is the eighth stage to pass an Act?

  Royal Assent
• First reading in the House of Commons

  Formal procedure where the name of the Bill is read out
• Second reading in the House of Commons

  Main debate on the whole Bill in which MPs debate the Bill
• Committee stage

  Detailed examination of each clause of the Bill is undertaken by committee
• Report stage

  Amendments to various clauses in the Bill may have been voted on and passed
• Third reading in the House of Commons

  Final vote on the Bill
• Same procedures in the House of Lords

  Same five stages as before
• Royal Assent

  King approves the Act