How Do Laws Get Passed In The UK?

It's pretty hard to tell what's happening in parliament from the outside. So we run through how laws are passed in the UK. From their first reading to when the time the Queen gives them royal ascent.
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  • @withdreamingeyesofwonder2219
    @withdreamingeyesofwonder22194 жыл бұрын

    As a law student this is extremely useful. Thanks!

  • @JesPulido
    @JesPulido5 жыл бұрын

    This is so informative and useful, actually, especially since -- unlike most governments -- the UK/Great Britain/England don't have a formal, all-encompassing Constitution like the Americans and French.

  • @sirbarringtonwomblembe4098
    @sirbarringtonwomblembe40985 жыл бұрын

    This agrees with my training from 25yrs ago. The 'People are Sovereign' mob should watch this. One thing though; TLDR should use a spell-checker* - I dont think the Queen's 'ascent' is imminent, otherwise we'll have a coronation soon! * But not the one on my bloody tablet.

  • @tamzinlittle5295
    @tamzinlittle52955 жыл бұрын

    this week in parliament is back!!! this is so useful as a law and politics student, thank you so much!

  • @FornaxTheHerald
    @FornaxTheHerald5 жыл бұрын

    More please, Sir!

  • @HarryProudlove

    @HarryProudlove

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hear Hear!

  • @ammarshaei3724

    @ammarshaei3724

    5 жыл бұрын

    Cover the types of bills please

  • @zeeh5023

    @zeeh5023

    2 жыл бұрын

    neek

  • @GaryArmstrongmacgh

    @GaryArmstrongmacgh

    4 ай бұрын

    You want more!

  • @TheMikhailRx
    @TheMikhailRx5 жыл бұрын

    I am totally excited that you are continuing This Week in Parliament!

  • @jarodh-m6099
    @jarodh-m60995 жыл бұрын

    As a viewer from outside the UK, any details about the legislative and executive functions of the UK government is greatly appreciated.

  • @bravoalley228
    @bravoalley2285 жыл бұрын

    Please discuss about private members bill along with the other variation you stated such as the hybrid bills.

  • @stevenson533
    @stevenson5334 жыл бұрын

    Guys this is so helpful, really well explained and nice visuals! Would love more videos about the different bills. 👌

  • @meevil24
    @meevil245 жыл бұрын

    This Week in Parliament is back? Yes!!!!

  • @ZakJames

    @ZakJames

    5 жыл бұрын

    Is it back?

  • @meevil24

    @meevil24

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@ZakJames It's coming back soon

  • @ZakJames

    @ZakJames

    5 жыл бұрын

    Oh, really? We know that? Nice! Can’t wait.

  • @ZakJames

    @ZakJames

    5 жыл бұрын

    ...wait. I’m I being an idiot? I haven’t actually watched the video to the end yet... did it get confirmed?

  • @ZakJames

    @ZakJames

    5 жыл бұрын

    Okay. I’ve watched the end now and I am an idiot. Good to know. 😂 sorry.

  • @katiemuir315
    @katiemuir3152 жыл бұрын

    love this video would love a part 2!

  • @thomasboyd1437
    @thomasboyd14375 жыл бұрын

    Excellent channel. Great video. Brilliant content. Thank you.

  • @aleluia1903
    @aleluia19035 жыл бұрын

    Good morning, sir! Yes, please, post more about this topic. And i want to personally thank you for the "Brexit" and "This week in Parliament" rubrics. It's very helpful to understand the UK Parliament and how it works. I always watch Prime Minister Questions, and then go to your channel to complete the information that was spoken on that day in UK Parliament. Keep up with the good work, and thank you for today post. (◠‿◠✿)

  • @FilmPeak
    @FilmPeak3 жыл бұрын

    "FOR TWO YEARS" cracked me up!

  • @peterconnors976
    @peterconnors9762 жыл бұрын

    An excellent video. I have just used it to help expain the British lawmaking system to a German lawyer. It doesn't cover everything (and couldn't in a short period of time) but is concise and clear. My only quibble is that the presenter speaks quite fast.

  • @srncivhrnci
    @srncivhrnci5 жыл бұрын

    Guys, you are amazing, keep this work up!

  • @creshiell
    @creshiell5 жыл бұрын

    "now for the exciting bit" I love your content but. C'mon

  • @TLDRnews

    @TLDRnews

    5 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂😂😂

  • @Calum_S
    @Calum_S5 жыл бұрын

    More of this please.

  • @liamashton645
    @liamashton6455 жыл бұрын

    It's all too long and nothing gets done quickly enough. Can't we just have an autocracy instead? 🤣

  • @Leandrasjones
    @Leandrasjones9 ай бұрын

    Yes please cover more. Great video.

  • @legalobservations101
    @legalobservations1014 ай бұрын

    Excellent explanation

  • @JakubRubas
    @JakubRubas5 жыл бұрын

    A video about different types of legislation would be great.

  • @TheTrackRecord
    @TheTrackRecord4 жыл бұрын

    Topic suggestion: It would be great to get a video on the different types of bills.

  • @matthewhulli1593
    @matthewhulli15935 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic! What an excellent breakdown, but I think it'd also be very helpful if you included some word definitions, and more in depth explanations of what's behind the scenes like: What do the words: committee, policy, bill, and amendment mean? What's the difference between a policy and a bill? Who makes and who proposes the bill in the first place? Who decides what things get debated in parliament or not? Thanks dude, and btw, I fricken love your channel

  • @ethanomcbride
    @ethanomcbride5 жыл бұрын

    Definitely want to see how the other bills are passed

  • @MoDeriye
    @MoDeriye5 жыл бұрын

    I would like to pass a bill requesting more information on bills. Thank you!

  • @Easilyshown
    @Easilyshown5 жыл бұрын

    Please make a video explaining private members bill along with the other variation you stated such as the hybrid bills.

  • @peteryongzhong5516
    @peteryongzhong55165 жыл бұрын

    Look forward to the vid on types of bill.

  • @siebenq9369
    @siebenq93694 жыл бұрын

    You should make a video on how the UK democracy works. There are so many people who don't even know the difference between direct democracy and indirect democracy.

  • @TheTrackRecord
    @TheTrackRecord4 жыл бұрын

    Topic suggestion: You guys should do a video like this on how the EU parliament works.

  • @ChrisPage68
    @ChrisPage685 жыл бұрын

    Royal ASSENT, not "ascent".

  • @Ardkun00

    @Ardkun00

    5 жыл бұрын

    Axen't

  • @bert2thejack611
    @bert2thejack6115 жыл бұрын

    I’d like to see a video on bills

  • @ulabosha4583
    @ulabosha45833 жыл бұрын

    The onslaught of anxiety and unfurfilnent, for consumerism

  • @glenw2725
    @glenw27255 жыл бұрын

    Im Canadian and I have to say WELL DONE

  • @fluxstandard8364
    @fluxstandard83645 жыл бұрын

    More please on public and private and how the UK deals with EU Law in national law please

  • @taktang1198
    @taktang11985 жыл бұрын

    Please do videos about how laws are made in the EU; the functions of organisations that start "European" (such as ECHR) ; and their relationships.

  • @calvinware7957
    @calvinware7957 Жыл бұрын

    that's interesting in the US bills always start in committee. A bill usually doesnt go to the floor until its been passed by the appropriate committee. Often these committees have sub committees too where proposals usually originate. In the House only when a bill passes committee can it be put on the floor but first it goes to the rules committee to debate further but most of this debate is on rules for debate about the bill. Then the bill gets put to the floor and can be amended or changed.

  • @567secret
    @567secret5 жыл бұрын

    5:26 YESSSSSSSSSS

  • @osc67
    @osc675 жыл бұрын

    I have heard that when a bill is finally sent to the Queen, it is first translated into old Normandy French. Is this correct?

  • @ulabosha4583
    @ulabosha45833 жыл бұрын

    Yeah I get it.....

  • @JamesRoyceDawson
    @JamesRoyceDawson5 жыл бұрын

    We really need to replace the House of Lords with an elected upper house that has proportional representation. That would be much more democratic

  • @Bobbydyland

    @Bobbydyland

    5 жыл бұрын

    James Royce-Dawson when we re-apply for Eu membership in a few years that’s going to be a requirement. Along with taking on shengan and the euro.

  • @CatholicSatan

    @CatholicSatan

    5 жыл бұрын

    And who would have the final say over legislation? The HoC or the replaced HoL? Why should one have precedence over the other, both being democratically elected...?

  • @pastordonkoh7692

    @pastordonkoh7692

    5 жыл бұрын

    But they will lose their £300 a day salary

  • @jamil5615

    @jamil5615

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@CatholicSatan Because the PM will be elected from the Commons, the Commons will always hold more power, as is the case in Australia where this is the exact situation

  • @Tobberz

    @Tobberz

    5 жыл бұрын

    I wholly disagree with abolishing the House of Lords entirely and replacing it with a secondary elected chamber. I could talk for ages about this but: 1) You'd lose *a lot* of expertise. Yes, many peers are just vote fodder, but also hundreds of them are vital for the lawmaking in this country. They are scientists, academics, writers, etc etc. An elected house would lose all of them in the long and the short term. 2) With bicameral legislatures, you have two choices. Here, you'd choose between making both houses equally primary and making one primary over the other. In the first case you'd get stuck like the USA, where very few laws get passed. In the second, you'd end up with a 'UK Senate' which is more democratically elected than the HoC, and as such has a greater mandate (morally) to govern... 3) The HoL is probably the least powerful 2nd chamber in the world. It can advise, and amend, but it cannot veto and it cannot even temporarily block money bills. Further, all its amendments can be ignored if the HoC wishes. Why would anyone want to be elected to this ineffective house? The Lords need reform not abolition. Remove party appointments, and abolish party allegiance in the Lords. I haven't an entire manifesto, but it is the best option.

  • @lolojo6940
    @lolojo69404 жыл бұрын

    Our citizenship class really enjoyed this video :-)

  • @kiradaniel1220
    @kiradaniel12205 жыл бұрын

    Make video about bill types!

  • @josegers5989
    @josegers59895 жыл бұрын

    Who decides and when is it decided which amendements are included?

  • @elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770
    @elijahfordsidioticvarietys87704 жыл бұрын

    You know who my favorite member of the house of lords is? Lord Garmadon.

  • @KashifKhan-iw2ns

    @KashifKhan-iw2ns

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think lord megatron is more powerful

  • @ulabosha4583
    @ulabosha45833 жыл бұрын

    And the media don't even get me started

  • @vituzui9070
    @vituzui90705 жыл бұрын

    Can you do a Swiss Style Brexit Deal Explained?

  • @sulie4real
    @sulie4real8 ай бұрын

    are public bills introduced by the public or MPs? Why do we have a private member bill when all MPs work for the people? wouldn’t this private bill have private interests and not the public? at what stage do the public have power to vote against the bill?

  • @lightgranite233
    @lightgranite2333 жыл бұрын

    What happens if the Queen vetos a bill and is it possible for a bill to die in the UK Parliament?

  • @chrissyp7433
    @chrissyp74337 ай бұрын

    Sometimes,criminally.

  • @fernandomonfort8929
    @fernandomonfort89295 жыл бұрын

    Why the House of Lords isn't abolished?

  • @akzebraminer5679

    @akzebraminer5679

    5 жыл бұрын

    Fernando Monfort It’s a mix of both democracy and monarchy.

  • @edeggermont
    @edeggermont5 жыл бұрын

    Can you explain why there is still an institute like the House of Lords in a modern democracy?

  • @terilyte3152

    @terilyte3152

    5 жыл бұрын

    Because adding 'democracy' doesn't make everything better. The HoL is partly made up of experts in science, philosophy, and economics among other fields. They have very little power, they are there to ensure that everyone knows what the informed people think before the Government passes some law with drastic unintended consequences.

  • @hasankaiser4563
    @hasankaiser45634 жыл бұрын

    Could you explain how house of commons looked before it's bombing

  • @ulabosha4583
    @ulabosha45833 жыл бұрын

    I haven't even heard a policy in 8 years! Stop me if I'm wrong?

  • @daniellowry
    @daniellowry5 жыл бұрын

    Please cover the other stuff

  • @angelikal1045
    @angelikal10455 жыл бұрын

    Next video -> types of bills pls :DD

  • @speakeasybernolakovo8541
    @speakeasybernolakovo85415 жыл бұрын

    Royal assent, not ascent at 4:57

  • @rattlin9194
    @rattlin91944 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant video, good job of explaining an otherwise 'dull' topic, but there goes my hopes and dreams of kicking into action a rewrite of the free-speech (or lack of..) laws in the UK ⚰️

  • @HVACSoldier
    @HVACSoldier2 жыл бұрын

    WHAT!?! MPs actually talk to the voters!?! Here in the US, Congressman and Senators just talk to lobbyists, and there are times where they don’t even read the bill.

  • @567secret
    @567secret5 жыл бұрын

    Okay I'm aware of Public Bills and PMBs but not Private Bills. Hybrid Bills seem self-explanatory but if you're explaining the other 3 then may as well do that one anyway.

  • @crystallouisemarshall9081
    @crystallouisemarshall90814 жыл бұрын

    Does the procedure for Bills to become Acts of parliament always start with The H.O.C ? Can the HOC refuse to accept a Bill passed from the H.O.L ( if it started there)

  • @cach_dies
    @cach_dies5 жыл бұрын

    Types of bills!

  • @juliaschiero659
    @juliaschiero6595 жыл бұрын

    does anyone know a channel like this but for germany?

  • @AlexiLaiho227

    @AlexiLaiho227

    5 жыл бұрын

    not particularly, I'm in search of one like this for the USA. Three Arrows is a German man with a soothing voice who makes political videos about the whole world, including a good bit about Germany, but it's mostly about the rising tide of extremism and the myths they use to spread their ideology.

  • @tlatoani7
    @tlatoani75 жыл бұрын

    Would love more info on the different bills, also I wasn't clear if laws are only started by the house of Commons and if so what checks does the house of Commons have over the ahouse of Lords, is it through readings and ping-ponging? I also understand that a motion cannot be dismissed by the Speaker of the House of Commons, has this happened before? When is the most recent occurrence?

  • @hanzz9083
    @hanzz90834 жыл бұрын

    Can the king / queen to NOT sign the bill & return back to houses request change(s)?

  • @AdriLeemput
    @AdriLeemput3 жыл бұрын

    What if the Queen has to sign a law that goes against her being "protector of the faith" ? Just wondering, because in Belgium king Baldwin refused to sign an abortion law. (as usual, Belgium got around it by using technicalities and backdoorpolitics)

  • @cherryiczee2701
    @cherryiczee27015 жыл бұрын

    Please cover the bills, thank you !!!!1

  • @ulabosha4583
    @ulabosha45833 жыл бұрын

    Arts, music, drama

  • @ulabosha4583
    @ulabosha45833 жыл бұрын

    Trust I can go on for hours!!!

  • @hasankaiser4563
    @hasankaiser45634 жыл бұрын

    Yes the bills please

  • @pch1511
    @pch15115 жыл бұрын

    TWIP is back! This is what I pay for

  • @colonelpercival2832
    @colonelpercival28323 жыл бұрын

    Salisbury convention

  • @Pureflow7
    @Pureflow75 жыл бұрын

    EU regulations apply automatically, so in essence the above is only half the picture. EU regulations override any contrary UK parliamentary acts

  • @groen89084

    @groen89084

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yes and no. EU regulations apply to legislation for which UK has granted authority through the Lisbon treaty, so not everything is decided in EU (housing, healthcare, infrastructure, etc.). Typically EU legislation is related to issues that impact the customs union and single market (ensuring level playing field, etc , such as environmental, workers rights and safety). Before EU regulation is decided upon UK reps both in the ministers council and in EU parliament have a vote on the legislation and UK minister can veto (example: NL vetoed the proposed relationship with Ukraine). However, it is true that EU legislation that has been approved by council and parliament, has precedence over any UK legislation when these conflict. Such a conflict must be addressed to the ECJ for resolution.

  • @westerncentristrants525

    @westerncentristrants525

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yeah but the UK agreed to them.

  • @cliffordgarrygosling6037
    @cliffordgarrygosling60375 жыл бұрын

    when a government member in this case almost all of them , Act against the will of the people and in effect working in favor of another government can the people get the members out of government ?

  • @PGraveDigger1

    @PGraveDigger1

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yes, it's called general elections. Or you could try to get elected yourself.

  • @ililililili9726
    @ililililili97265 жыл бұрын

    they don't

  • @ulabosha4583
    @ulabosha45833 жыл бұрын

    Then social media based peer pressure policing!!! WTF!!!!

  • @victoriavilaca6734
    @victoriavilaca6734 Жыл бұрын

    I’d like to know more as it is very informative although it was explained quickly. I’m not English so it’s hard for me to get it at once. Sorry

  • @AlexiLaiho227
    @AlexiLaiho2275 жыл бұрын

    whenever I do anything, I say right beforehand, "just try to stop me, Brussels"

  • @ulabosha4583
    @ulabosha45833 жыл бұрын

    Morages for small business, right to buy council homes,

  • @ulabosha4583
    @ulabosha45833 жыл бұрын

    Please don't delete these, I'll make 3 solutions for all 10 points good and bad, and tactics to impliment

  • @martinhumphreys8675
    @martinhumphreys86752 жыл бұрын

    that's easy to answer.Laws aren't made in parliament...acts and statutes are

  • @ulabosha4583
    @ulabosha45833 жыл бұрын

    The total lack of proper health services, psyicial and mental

  • @ulabosha4583
    @ulabosha45833 жыл бұрын

    Where therapy and communication?

  • @christopherthr
    @christopherthr5 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful video, but it’s *Amendments and *Assent. :-)

  • @FilmPeak
    @FilmPeak3 жыл бұрын

    Can you make a video on why do you need a house of lords? As it's seems to be just another steping stone that delays any legislation...

  • @ulabosha4583
    @ulabosha45833 жыл бұрын

    A police for that is basically a damn social media influencer

  • @baylimusicfanclub7772
    @baylimusicfanclub77722 жыл бұрын

    2:38 2:39 2:40

  • @GaryArmstrongmacgh
    @GaryArmstrongmacgh4 ай бұрын

    Now the King...if he lives.

  • @Temo990
    @Temo9903 жыл бұрын

    Can the british parliament propose laws on their own without the government?

  • @ulabosha4583
    @ulabosha45833 жыл бұрын

    Who wants it politicians?

  • @RealLifeW0rld
    @RealLifeW0rld5 жыл бұрын

    Can the P. M. pass a veto law, if necessary?? Or Can H.M. the Queen Elizabeth II pass a veto law, if necessary??

  • @ulabosha4583
    @ulabosha45833 жыл бұрын

    We need a 1 million march

  • @ulabosha4583
    @ulabosha45833 жыл бұрын

    And what about ptsd! I lived with a ex solder (dad) you absolute used and abused him with no help to adjust back into civilian life

  • @fray-roe1715
    @fray-roe1715 Жыл бұрын

    Basically.... Having the House of Lords is a waste of time?

  • @ulabosha4583
    @ulabosha45833 жыл бұрын

    0 hour contracts, food banks, oaps and disability

  • @seizuresalad91
    @seizuresalad912 жыл бұрын

    Oy you got a loicense foa that

  • @czarzenana5125
    @czarzenana51255 жыл бұрын

    I hope that brexiteers in the UK start to understand that the First-past-the-post voting (winner takes it all) is much more undemocratic than the political system in the EU, especially with a House of Lords that is not elected at all. It makes it possible to get the absolute majority in the House of Commons with a very small minority of the votes. Or the other way around as happened to UKIP: 13% of the votes and only 1 MP instead of 84.

  • @terilyte3152

    @terilyte3152

    5 жыл бұрын

    Of course, they would argue that a government that nearly always has an absolute majority is stronger and more effective (Don't agree with that btw just pointing it out)

  • @czarzenana5125

    @czarzenana5125

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@terilyte3152 Yes, I can understand that, but it also makes you hardly ever have to work together and find consensus. In my view the UK already lost, because this whole Brexit has divided the people in the UK more than any foreign nation could bring about from outside. People who won want their whole cake and eat it and don't care nearly half of the country voted the opposite. It's far better to seek some kind of consensus, because you'll all have to live together. Theresa May probably tried to accomplish this by giving both sides some kind of half-baked compromise, but it turns out to be a compromise nobody wants at all and most consider the worst of all options.

  • @terilyte3152

    @terilyte3152

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@czarzenana5125 Completely agree, I was simply spouting the usual counter-arguments, the other being that FPTP gives a constituency MP. So do systems such as the additional member system but they won't mention that...

  • @embryan5969
    @embryan59693 жыл бұрын

    Multiple spelling mistakes in the video text.

  • @benjim6
    @benjim6 Жыл бұрын

    very helpfull saving my a levels, pattern ur spelling tho

  • @bobbob465
    @bobbob4655 жыл бұрын

    Royal asSent, now royal asCent.