Acts of Parliament

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Acts of Parliament are the text of laws passed by the legislative body of the United Kingdom which is the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Acts of Parliament begin as a bill then pass through a legislative process.

Legislative Process

The Legislation process for the United Kingdom is one of simplicity. Legislation begins in either the House of Commons or House of Lords and is proposed by a sitting member. The bill will then be proposed in that respective house in which it will go through several readings. The first reading is when the legislator of the bill presents the bill to the house and gives an overview of the bill. After the First reading the house will move into the second reading on the bill which is the debate section in which the house will be open for debate on that piece of legislation. Once the reading the second reading is complete the house moves to the third reading in which the vote will be held. Voting is a simple matter of either Aye, Noe or Abstain. To get the bill passed it must get a majority in the vote. For MPs within parties they might be expected to following a Whip System that provides them with voting instructions.

When the vote has been completed in one house (either House of Commons or House of Lords) it will then move to the other house. In the other house a debate and vote will also be held on the legislation. If the bill passes both houses then it will move to Royal Assent. Passing Royal Assent the piece of legislation will go into immediate effect.

Acts of Parliament relating to Parliament & Democracy

Act
Greater London Act 2023
Political Registration and Regulation Act 2023
Procedure of Parliament Act 2023
Secondary Legislation (Statutory Instruments) Act 2022
Parliamentary Counsel Act 2022
Parliamentary Whip Act 2021
Electoral Provisions Act 2021
Inquiries Act 2020
International Partisanship Act 2020
Constituencies Act 2020
Parliamentary Oaths and Affirmations Act 2019
General Elections Act 2019
Mid-Term Party Collapse Prevention Act 2019
Anti Subversion Act 2017
Accredition Act 2017
House of Lords Reform Act 2017

Acts of Parliament relating to Government & Civil Service

Act
Northern Ireland Act 2023
Civil Service Act 2023
Cabinet Transparency Act 2023
Office for National Statistics Act 2022
Treaties (Approval, Withdrawal) Act 2022
Petitions Act 2022
Freedom of Information Act 2021
Government Transition Act 2019
Mid-Term Coalition Prevention Act 2016