This week’s topics
Parliamentary Law Making
- Pre-legislative consultation with Green and White Papers
- Types of Bills including Public, Private, and Private Members Bills
- The legislative stages from First Reading to Royal Assent
- Parliamentary sovereignty
- Parliamentary Law-Making | English Legal System
- The Legislative Process (UK)
- Parliamentary Bills | Constitutional Law | SQE Prep
What you will be able to do
- 2.3 Explain the formal consultation process.
- 2.4 Analyse the different stages involved in creating an Act.
- 2.5 Examine the different types of Bill which are created.
Activity
Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain the formal consultation process.
Study materials
Videos
- Parliamentary Law-Making | English Legal System · YouTube · The Law Academy · 11 min · for registered students
- The Legislative Process (UK) · YouTube · Galton College · 29 min · for registered students
- Parliamentary Bills | Constitutional Law | SQE Prep · YouTube · The Law Academy · 7 min · for registered students
Further resources
- Guide to making legislation (September 2025) · PDF · GOV.UK, guidance; 383 pages · for registered students
- R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union [2017] UKSC 5 · PDF · Other, case law; 100 pages · for registered students
- Office of the Parliamentary Counsel: drafting guidance (March 2024) · PDF · GOV.UK, guidance; 112 pages · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
