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A Bill is a proposal for a new law, or a proposal to change an existing law, presented for debate before Parliament. A Bill can start in the Commons or the Lords and must be approved in the same form by both Houses before becoming an Act (law).
- First Reading (Commons)
How does a bill become a law? Bill starting in the House of...
- Lords
Lords - How does a bill become a law? - UK Parliament
- Royal Assent
How does a bill become a law? Bill starting in the House of...
- Report Stage
Report Stage - How does a bill become a law? - UK Parliament
- Second Reading
Second Reading - How does a bill become a law? - UK...
- Committee Stage
Committee Stage - How does a bill become a law? - UK...
- The journey from bill to law
The bill becomes an Act of Parliament. First reading is the...
- Making Laws
A Bill is a proposal for a new law, or a proposal to change...
- First Reading (Commons)
- The Decision to Legislate
- Preparation of The Bill
- Towards Introduction
- Parliamentary Stages
- Royal Assent and Beyond
For each session of Parliament the government will have a legislative programme, which is a plan of the bills that it will ask Parliament to consider in that session (the period between elections is divided up into sessions, and each of those sessions usually lasts about a year). Other bills may be passed each session that are not part of the legis...
If a bill is given a slot in the legislative programme, the department concerned will create a bill team to co-ordinate its preparation and passage through Parliament. This will consist of a bill manager and other officials working on the bill. The other key players in the department will be the officials with lead responsibility for the policies i...
Although a bill may have a slot in the legislative programme, it cannot be introduced until it has been specifically cleared for introduction by a meeting of PBL Committee. The committee will consider the final (or near-final) draft of the bill together with a range of other documents. Some of these, like the Explanatory Notes, will be published al...
Most bills can begin either in the House of Commons or in the House of Lords. The government will make this decision based on the need to make sure each House has a balanced programme of legislation to consider each session. However, certain bills must start in the Commons, such as a bill whose main aim is the imposition of taxation (the annual Fin...
A bill that has been passed by both Houses becomes law once it has been given Royal Assent and this has been signified to Parliament. It will then become an act. Even then the act may not have any practical effect until later on. Most provisions in an act will either come into operation within a set period after Royal Assent (commonly two months la...
Oct 27, 2023 · To make a law you start with a 'bill', which is an idea that someone thinks will make a good law. The idea normally comes from the government. This is called a government-sponsored bill.
A Bill is a proposal for a new law, or a proposal to change an existing law that is presented for debate before Parliament. How does a bill become a law? How does a Bill become an Act? Find out the stages a Bill goes through before it becomes law. What is an Act of Parliament? An Act of Parliament creates a new law or changes an existing law.
The bill becomes an Act of Parliament. First reading is the formal introduction of a bill to the House of Commons. There is no debate at this stage – the title of the bill is read and a date is set for the second reading. Afterwards the bill is usually published and printed allowing MPs to prepare for the debates.
Introduce your students to the legislative process with this two-minute overview of how bills become laws.Then follow up with lesson activities introducing the idea that a key function of Parliament is to make and amend law and details the various different stages a bill must pass through to become law.
In this video you will explore how UK Parliament makes laws. Watch how a bill is introduced in Parliament and learn about the different steps it must pass through in both the House of Commons and the House of Lords before it can become a law.
