Q) Describe how an Act of Parliament is created. All Acts of Parliament on a proposed new law begin as a consultation document known as a “Green Paper”. A draft of the law is then made which is known as the “White Paper” or sometimes a Bill. The White Paper is then taken to the House of Commons for its First Reading where the MPs vote on it without having any discussion on its content. The vote may be verbal whereby the MPs will say “aye” or “no” and the elected Speaker of the House will decide what the majority of the House are voting. If the verdict is not clear the MPs are asked to go through one of two doors, where one is allocated to “agree” with the proposed White Paper, and the other to disagree. At each
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