how laws are made
Recommendations for new laws may also come from public inquiries, civil servants or lobbyist and campaign groups. No matter where a policy idea originates, it normally won’t get far without the backing of a government minister. This is because ministers are in a position to champion an idea to government colleagues. Proposals are made into bills. A bill may begin its journey in either the Lords or the Commons chambers:
- First reading
- Second reading
- Committee stage
- Report stage
- Third reading
- Vote on the bill in its final form. In the Lords, further amendments may still be introduced
- A bill approved by one chamber is considered by the other
- The Monarch’s ‘assent’ turns a bill into an Act
A bill then becomes law, and is described as an Act of Parliament
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