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Campaigning: an introduction
Nerys DaviesParliamentary Outreach Service
A policy timeline
Manifestodiscussion
Green PaperWhite Paper
Pre-legislativescrutiny
Generalelection
Queen’sSpeech
Passage of Bill through Parliament
An Act
Manifesto discussion
• Conservatives www.conservatives.com
• Labour www.labour.org.uk
• Liberal Democrats www.libdems.org.uk
• Other
Parliament• comprises Commons, Lords and Monarch• holds Government to account• passes laws
General election
Government• some MPs and some
Lords, chosen by the Prime Minister
• runs Government Departments and public services
Queen’s Speech
Can be found in Hansard http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201415/ldhansrd/text/140604-0001.htm#14060430000173
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/queens-speech-2014-what-it-means-for-you/queens-speech-2014-what-it-means-for-you
Pre-legislative scrutiny• Draft Bills or draft clauses
of a bill• Mainly looked into by
House of Commons Select Committees but can be Joint Committees or House of Lords Committees
Passage of a bill
Bill starting in the House of Commons
Bill starting in the House of Lords
House of Commons
1 2 C R 3
House of Commons
1 2 C R 3House of Lords
1 2 C R 3
House of Lords
1 2 C R 3
First re
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Second re
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Committee st
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Report reading
Third re
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First re
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Second re
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Committee st
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Report reading
Third re
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Considerat
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amendments
Royal Assent
Royal Assent
Commons: how to get involvedWhen to contact an MP about a Bill:
• Second reading• Public Bill Committee – find out who chairs the
committee• Report Stage
Where to find information online:
• Bills - http://services.parliament.uk/bills/• Find an MP -
www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/mps/
Lords: how to get involvedWhen to contact a Lord about a Bill:
• Second reading• Committee stage• Report Stage• Third reading
Where to find information online:
Speakers list - www.lordswhips.org.uk/todays-lists Bills - http://services.parliament.uk/bills/Find a Lord - www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/lords/
Post-legislative scrutiny
• A relatively new thing• Ad hoc committees
as well as select committees in both Houses
• Memoranda issued from Government Departments
www.parliament.uk
www.parliament.uk
Your next steps...• Watch, read or attend a debate on a bill• Use http://services.parliament.uk/bills/ to find
information on specific bills (e.g. Library briefing papers or amendment papers)
• Use www.parliament.uk to research MPs and Lords with an interest in your issue
• Write to an interested MP or Lord about your issue• Read the advice on submitting evidence to Public Bill
Committees• Submit evidence to a Public Bill Committee
Where can I get information?• www.parliament.uk and @UKParliament
• Commons Information Office020 7219 4272 [email protected]
• Lords Information Office020 7219 3107 [email protected]
• Parliament’s Outreach Service020 7219 [email protected]