What are parliamentary procedures for passing legislation?
Parliamentary procedure for passing legislation:
A statute can simply be part of law while this has passed the given procedures and before such time this is termed as a Bill. Normally Bills are as follows:
• Government Green Paper: It is when the proposal for the legislation is aired to the public for reaction and comments.
• White Paper: It sets out the intention of the legislation and takes in account comments.
• First Reading: It is simply a formal introduction of the Bill along with no debate and will after that be timetabled for debate.
• Second Reading: It is a usual discussion onto the principles of the Bill but no alters are made. A vote is taken to observe whether this should proceed to the subsequent level.
• Committee Stage: It may be an extremely long procedure.
• Report Stage: The committee reports to the House with their findings and conclusions and the House votes on each of the changes proposed.
• Third Reading: A last debate is held regarding the Bill and a vote is considered, when approved the Bill passes to another House for similar procedure. The Royal Assent: It is specified when the Bill has passes by both Houses successfully.
• Private members’ Bill: It is where some MP’s are specified the chance (through ballot) to introduce a Bill on something which is of interest to them.