Describe how an Act of Parliament is created.

door there is a Teller who counts the amount of MPs passing through the door, the numbers are then totalled up and checked against each other to clarify there has not been any miscounting, before announcing the verdict of the House.                                                                                        The White Paper then advances to the Second Reading. This is the main debate on the whole content of the proposed Act which is controlled by the Speaker of the House. If an MP wishes to voice their opinion they must make themselves aware to the Speaker who will in turn invite them to speak. At the end of the debate there is another vote similar to the one for the First Reading.                                                                                If the majority of the House vote in favour of the proposed Act it will then proceed to the Committee Stage where 16 to 50 MPs are chosen to examine, in detail, each and every clause contained in the White Paper. These MPs are specially chosen by the House and are known as the “standing committee”.  If any amendments are made to the proposed Act it must go to the Report Stage where each amendment is put to the House and voted on. If there are no amendments there is no Report Stage                                                        The White Paper then proceeds to the Third and Final Reading where the final vote of the House is cast. If six or more MPs want a debate they must have another debate before the vote. Once the Third Reading is complete, and the House of Commons have passed the proposed Act, it will then be given to the House of Lords where the whole process is repeated. The Parliament Acts of 1911 and 1949 limit the powers of the House of Lords to be able to reject a proposed Act by a maximum of one year, meaning that on the condition the House of Commons goes through the same process again in the next parliamentary session the proposed Act must go through, regardless of whether the House of Lords oppose it. The last time the House of Lords rejected a White Paper was the Hunting Act 2004.                                                                                                Once the White Paper has successfully passed through both Houses of Parliament, or the House of Commons for the second time, it then proceeds to the Royal Assent Stage where it is put before the monarch. Under the Royal Assent Act 1961 the monarch only has to see the short title of the proposed Act to approve it, as opposed to reading the whole Act in detail. The monarch still holds the power to reject any proposed Act though this is rarely exercised. The last time an Act was refused by in 1707 by Queen Anne. The proposed Act can then become an Act of Parliament at midnight on the day of Royal Assent, though parliament can chose to introduce different sections of the Act at different times, for example, some sections of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 have still not yet become law.