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Legislation process and scruting - Coggle Diagram
Legislation process and scruting
BEGINNING
Initial idea comes from variety of sources
Government department
Party manifesto
Pressure group
Media campaign
Does not get far unless:
Wins govs favour
Cabinet backs it
Finds place in gov's legislativeprogramme
Before deciding to legislate gov consults across all departments and relevant public bodies
Crucial - provides gov with info needed for winning argument in parl and country
Reduces scope for opposition
Needs acceptance from those it involves in the public
DRAFTING
Uses services of parliamentry law drafters and parliamentry council
Circulated to other interested departments
Potential to take year or two to introduce to parliament
FIRST READING
Formal with no debated - only after this is bill printed and circulated
SECOND READING
Involves full debate on principle of bill - if passed reaches committee stage
Then taken by committee of MPs to scrutines the bill
COMMITTEE STAGE
Committee formed by backbenchers
Considered in detail and amendments proposed
Consultation with outside interests
If huge governing majority committee will also have majority of that party
Amended bill reported back to house of commons and further amendments considered before 3rd reading
Delegated legislation
give authority to minsters or public bodies to make necessary orders or regulation under authority of parent act
allows ammendments to be made under changing circumstances
Role of judges
Have to accept but own interpretation
wording of act taken into account not speaches in parliament
Private members bill
introduced by mps who are not members of the government
introduced by various measures but only effective one is annual ballot
annual ballot
not entail expenditure of public money, lack of time, unlikely to progress if gov is opposed
examples - abortion act - removal of death penalty - abortion laws