Parliamentary law making

House of Commons

625 Mps elected every 5 yrs, usually belong to a party and the party with the majority of Mps form a government.

House of lords

Not elected in, 92 hereditary peers, 26 bishops and the rest are appointed for their expertise in a specific region.

Monarch

They grant assent to bills ceremonially

Devolved assemblies

Power given to smaller parliaments such as Scottish parliament, northern irish parliament and welsh parliament m.

Bills

Three types

Public- usually issued by the government and affect the country at whole

Private members- these are issues by individual members of parliament

private- bill that affects a specific group or corporation

first reading

Formal procedure, name and aims read out

Second reading

main principles are debated

committee stage

16-50 mps with an interest or knowledge in area scrutinise the small details looking for mistakes and proposing amendments

report stage

Committee reports any amendments to the rest of the house, no vote

Third reading

usually formality unless 6pms request a further debate

other house

the bill is then sent to the other house and changes can be requested, HOL don’t have the final say in the changes but can rely the passing by a year. Stages are repeated throughout each houses

Royal accent

King then accents the bills due to the royal accent act of 1967