Advantages of Parliamentary Law Making

Democracy in parliamentary law making

It is made by our elected representatives and so it is democratic.

Accountability of government

Further, as there is a general election at least once every five years, the public can vote out any government if it has not performed as the public expected.

Reforming whole areas of law

It is possible to reform whole areas of law in one Act, for example, the Fraud Act 2006 abolished all the old offences of deception and fraud and created a newer and hopefully simpler structure of offence.

Limitation of judges in law reform

This can be contrasted with judges who can only change the law on very small areas of law as they can only rule on the point of law in the case they are deciding.

Delegated legislation

Acts of Parliament can set broad policies and give power to others to make detailed regulations, known as delegated legislation.

Advantage of delegated legislation

This is advantageous because it allows a general structure to be laid down by Parliament but it allows greater detail in the law than if it was just contained in an Act of Parliament.

Consultation process

Bills presented to Parliament will have gone through a consultation on the proposed changes to the law so that government can take into consideration objections to the proposals.

Thorough discussion

Also due to the lengthy process in both Houses of Parliament, the new law will be thoroughly discussed.