Constitutional and Administrative Law by Grace Jamie

Constitutional and Administrative Law by Grace Jamie

Author:Grace, Jamie [Jamie Grace]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9781317646808
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (CAM)


9.6.7 Bills introduced in Parliament undergo the following procedure:

First Reading A formal introduction without debate

Second Reading Substantive debate

Committee Stage Detailed scrutiny

Third Reading Amendments approved or rejected

Division House of Commons votes (legislation then proceeds to the House of Lords, unless it was introduced there, and then presented for the Royal Assent)

9.7 The House of Lords

9.7.1 The House of Lords is the oldest part of Parliament and derives from the circle of advisers to the Monarch who were rewarded with lands and titles.

9.7.2 A hereditary peerage passes from generation to generation, usually through the male line, and, until recently, entitled the holder to sit in the Lords as of right. Prior to the reforms listed below there were more than 750 hereditary peers in the Lords.

9.7.3 The Life Peerages Act 1958 gave non-hereditary peers the right to a seat in the Lords, usually after a period of service in the Commons, or as recognition of their contribution to society.

9.7.4 The main function of a second chamber in a bicameral legislative body is to act as a revising chamber to scrutinise legislation proposed by the first chamber, ensuring that there is a constitutional safeguard.

9.7.5 According to the Wakeham Commission 2000, the functions of the House of Lords included the following:

• to provide advice on public policy and a forum for general debate on matters of public concern without Party political pressures;

• to act as a revising chamber scrutinising the details of proposed legislation;

• to introduce relatively uncontroversial legislation or private bills as a means of reducing the workload of the House of Commons;

• to provide Ministers;

• to provide Committees to discuss general topics, for example, European Communities Committee;

• to permit persons other than politicians to participate in Government (Life Peerages Act 1958); and

• to act as a ‘constitutional watchdog’.



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