Parliamentary Law Making | OCR A-Level Law (H418)
Parliamentary Law Making
- 26 questions
- 2 subtopics
- Component 2: Law making and the law of tort
- Component 2
How an Act of Parliament is made and how well the process works..
It covers the legislative process and Green and White Papers and evaluating parliamentary law making.
Sample questions from Parliamentary Law Making
Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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The legislative process and Green and White Papers
Is a Private Members' Bill classified as a Public Bill or a Private Bill?
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It is classified as a Public Bill. -
The legislative process and Green and White Papers
What happens at the Third Reading of a Bill?
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A final debate on the Bill as amended takes place, with limited or no further amendments permitted. -
Evaluating parliamentary law making
How does the bicameral system benefit the legislative process?
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The House of Lords provides a check on hasty or ill-considered legislation by reviewing Bills passed by the Commons. -
Evaluating parliamentary law making
Why is the time-consuming nature of the legislative process a disadvantage?
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It makes it difficult to respond quickly to urgent situations.
The 2 subtopics
One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.
| Subtopic | What it covers | Questions |
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| The legislative process and Green and White Papers | Recall questions on Green and White Papers, Public, Private and Private Members' Bills, and the stages of a Bill from First Reading through Committee and Report Stage to the other House, parliamentary ping-pong and Royal Assent. | 18 |
| Evaluating parliamentary law making | Recall questions on the advantages of parliamentary law making, including democracy, scrutiny and the bicameral system, and its disadvantages, including the time taken, government control, inaccessible Acts and why Private Members' Bills rarely become law. | 8 |
How the guide is worked
Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.
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Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
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Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
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Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.
Read the full method, the return schedule and the research behind it.
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