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Stages of a Bill
Stages of a Bill through Parliament
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| First Reading | A first reading is when a bill is introduced to a legislature. |
| Second Reading | A second reading is the stage of the legislative process where a draft of a bill is read a second time |
| Consideration in Detail | (Optional) It is then debated and voted on for each clause or any amendments. Informal discussion. |
| Third Reading | The third time read provides the opportunity for the Senate finally to consider the bill as it has emerged from committee of the whole and to accept or reject it. |
| Other House | Goes through the same stages as the first house. |
| Royal Assent | Royal Assent is the method by which a country's constitutional monarch (The Royal Family) formally approves an act of that nation's parliament, making it a law. |
| Bill | A bill is a proposed law under consideration by a legislature. |
| Parliamentary Counsel | Lawyer who writes up bill. |
| Cabinets Influence | |
| Significance of second reading | It plays an important role in correcting the first. |
| Role of opposition |